The Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms allow citizens from different groups to be represented and recognized in a fair and equal process - required they have fulfilled the requirements and have sufficient funding. ... Canadian courts and the CCP come across several different types of disputes and cases involving a variety of persons. ... This paper has four parts; it first introduces and explains the Canadian Court Challenges Program while the second part analyzes "acceptable" litigation and group activity in terms of the Government of Canada. ... The Canadian Court Challenge...

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It's the citizens job to locate the problem and take actions towards the government making it clear to them that the rights of the constitution are at risk. ... " His ideas that were arranged in the 18th century are now key parts in today's constitution. Canada and the United States use his ideas on civil liberties and the will of the people in today's modern liberal democracies. ... Very rarely in Canada and other democratic countries do we see a complication between the different levels in government and the people under them. ...

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The word "democracy," as well as the concept it represents, can be traced back to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The beginnings of democracy can be credited to the Greeks of the sixth century BC. The word comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratein, meaning "to ...

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