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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783755403321

Autore

Maclennan Christopher <1968->

Titolo

Toward the Charter [[electronic resource] ] : Canadians and the demand for a national bill of rights, 1929-1960 / / Christopher MacLennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [New York], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-86110-7

9786612861109

0-7735-7100-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

342.71/085

Soggetti

Civil rights - Canada - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A “Canadian” Bill of Rights -- Civil Liberties and Civil Libertarians from the Depression to World War II, 1929–42 -- A Change in Strategy: The First Demands for a National Bill of Rights, 1943–47 -- Canada and the United Nations International Bill of Rights -- Expansion and Contraction: The Frustration of the Bill of Rights Movement, 1948–52 -- The Decade of Human Rights and the Bill of Rights Movement -- Success of a Sort: The Diefenbaker Bill of Rights -- Conclusion: “A Mere Scrap of Paper”? -- Appendices -- An Act to Amend the British North America Act, 1867, drafted by the Committee for a Bill of Rights, 1947–48 -- Canadian Membership on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and Its Commissions, 1945–60 -- Arthur Roebuck’s Canadian Bill of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 3 November 1949 -- An Act for the Protection of Civil Rights, Prepared by the Department of Justice, 1947 (Revised 1951–52) -- An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Bill c–60, (5 September 1958) -- An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1960 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The important roles played by parliamentarians such as John Diefenbaker and academics such as F.R. Scott are placed alongside



those of trade unionists, women, and a long list of individuals representing Canada's multicultural groups to reveal the diversity of the bill of rights movement. At the same time MacLennan weaves Canadian-made arguments for a bill of rights with ideas from the international human rights movement led by the United Nations to show that the Canadian experience can only be understood within a wider, global context.