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Happy Canada Day, all. I’ve been spending the day bitterly reading through the decisions SCOTUS just dropped, and I figured I’d brief the Canadians on here about how your equality rights work in Canada (not legal advice).
Equality rights are in section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982). I’ll start with a bit of historical context, but skip if you’re not interested. In 1982, Canada changed its constitution to get full independence from GB. This happened under the liberal government of Trudeau I and around the same time as the Multiculturalism Act. If you want to dig into the juicy stuff, look up the story behind why the province of Quebec hasn’t signed the Constitution.
Anyways, the CCRF applies to government action (various human rights statutes cover individuals at the provincial level) and covers everything from freedom of expression (not just speech); freedom of religion and conscience; the right to life, liberty, and security of the person; and equality rights in section 15:
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.
Pretty self-explanatory. The list has been expanded by case law to include things like marital status (Miron v. Trudel, [1995] 2 SCR 418) and sexual orientation (Vriend v. Alberta, [1998] 1 SCR 493).
However, the there is also section 15(2):
Section (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.
Although the legal side of things can get more complicated, and I’m by no means an expert in 15(2) literature or criticisms, I think it’s pretty damn awesome. Stay safe, cheers to section 15(2), and happy Canada Day.
See Charterpedia for more info on your rights under the CCRF (although it’s aimed at a legal audience). Also, remember that I’m a lowly law student. This isn’t legal advice, and you should do your own research.
I really hope so!!! 😩🤞🤞
September will be filled with joy.
September will be filled with love.
September will be filled with trust.
September will be filled with peace.
September will be filled with happiness.
September will be filled with blessings.
Affirmations✨
your mental health is a priority your happiness is a priority your self-care is a priority your existence is a priority
Sigh.
I can go on for days on how the whole affirmative action issue was just a ruse to further divide people of colour and fuel the white supremacy agenda but for now I'll just start with this.
I've noticed a pattern, where anytime an underachieving Asian or white ivy league student is posted on the Internet to be judged or dissected people often have these two excuses/reasoning for how tf said student got into a top school
1. They are a legacy (extremely possible)
2. They r just rich ASF & donated a building (extremely possible)
and by underachieving I mean their grades/extracurriculars aren't up to par with the average ivy league student
But for an underachieving black student that somehow managed to weasel their way into a top university people just simply assume they got in cus they're black. And I just can't begin to understand such silly reasoning lol
Whoever makes the decisions at these top schools I can guarantee u is some old conservative white person who does not in any way have the interest of black students in mind and all their decisions are highly driven by how much money they'll make from it
Most underachieving black students at top schools r just rich and it's the case for all the other races too.
In fact the current existing population of black students at top unis in America are all children of African politicians or just in general rich kids, if they happen to be incompetent/mediocre it has absolutely nothing to do with their race but more to do with their economic standing
the notion that black students don't have to put as much effort into university applications is wrong. The only people who don't have to try as much are the top 1%
I rest my case
- Okay I'm back again!
Today I saw another post on an exceptional student accepted into good schools
she had pretty mid grades, like a 3.2 gpa & 1200 sat which r obviously very low but her stats were extremely good so she got a bunch of scholarships to good schools
And everyone in the comments was like that makes sense cus her ecs r good yk!
I remember seeing a post just like that on the same account (limmy) except it was a black student with mid grades and amazing ecs
the entire comment section was just barking about his grades and refused to acknowledge his amazing extracurriculars and how they probably played a significant part in his application
it's so devastating because it's all driven by racism considering the double standards, I wish people just took a second and tried to understand the perspectives of black students who r working their but off in HS just to have their achievements undermined and linked to their race
it's honestly frustrating because all reasoning drops when it comes to black people...
So to recap: this week the Supreme Court made it basically impossible to stop stalkers and online harassment, got rid of affirmative action, let bigots legally discriminate against LGBTQ+ people, and rules that young people will be attached to student loan debt for the rest of their life
Fucking. Riot.