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 |