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  2. Canadian Multiculturalism Act - Wikipedia

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    This means anyone of any race or ethnic origin is capable of pursuing his or her interests without persecution. Canadian law, as a result, reflects many of these rights and belief as they guaranteed to all men and women. [4] All of these rights are guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is part of the Canadian ...

  3. Multiculturalism in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Monument to Multiculturalism by Francesco Pirelli, in Toronto [1]. Multiculturalism in Canada was officially adopted by the government during the 1970s and 1980s. [2] The Canadian federal government is widely credited as the initiator of multiculturalism as a political initiative for managing diversity, rooted in constitutional liberalism, particularly due to the public emphasis on related ...

  4. Employment equity (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states in Subsection (1) that, "Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age ...

  5. Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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    Under the heading of "Equality Rights" this section states: 15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

  6. Racial segregation in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Under its regulations, the law stipulated that all Chinese people entering Canada must first pay a CA$50 fee, [7] [8] later referred to as a head tax. This was amended in 1887, [ 9 ] 1892, [ 10 ] and 1900, [ 11 ] with the fee increasing to CA$100 in 1901 and later to its maximum of CA$500 in 1903, representing a two-year salary of an immigrant ...

  7. Law of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill. The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire), the French civil law system (inherited from its French Empire past), [1] [2] and Indigenous law systems [3] developed by the various Indigenous Nations.

  8. Human rights in Canada - Wikipedia

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    International customary laws are generally considered to be automatically part of Canadian law so long as they do not conflict with existing Canadian legislation, as established in R v Hape (2007). [128] Canada follows a dualist approach with respect to the domestic effect of international treaties. The dualist system means that in order for ...

  9. Ethnic origins of people in Canada - Wikipedia

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    [1] According to the 2021 Canadian census, over 450 "ethnic or cultural origins" were self-reported by Canadians. [2] The country's ten largest self-reported specific ethnic or cultural origins in 2021 were Canadian [a] (accounting for 15.6 percent of the population), followed by English (14.7 percent), Irish (12.1 percent), Scottish (12.1 percent), French (11.0 percent), German (8.1 percent ...