03908nam 22006734a 450 991082459160332120240416190954.01-282-86110-797866128611090-7735-7100-010.1515/9780773571006(CKB)1000000000245032(OCoLC)123470230(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119779(SSID)ssj0000284913(PQKBManifestationID)11226427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284913(PQKBWorkID)10262007(PQKB)11261750(CaPaEBR)400035(CaBNvSL)gtp00521323 (Au-PeEL)EBL3330682(CaPaEBR)ebr10132865(CaONFJC)MIL286110(OCoLC)929120888(DE-B1597)658080(DE-B1597)9780773571006(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/t7vc58(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400035(MiAaPQ)EBC3330682(MiAaPQ)EBC3243440(EXLCZ)99100000000024503220040506d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrToward the Charter Canadians and the demand for a national bill of rights, 1929-1960 /Christopher MacLennan1st ed.Montreal ;Ithaca [New York] McGill-Queen's University Pressc20031 online resource (246 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2536-X 0-7735-2532-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index.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 -- IndexThe 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.Civil rightsCanadaHistoryCivil rightsHistory.342.71/085Maclennan Christopher1968-1610994MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824591603321Toward the Charter3938990UNINA