LEADER 03908nam 22006734a 450 001 9910824591603321 005 20240416190954.0 010 $a1-282-86110-7 010 $a9786612861109 010 $a0-7735-7100-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773571006 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245032 035 $a(OCoLC)123470230 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119779 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284913 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226427 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284913 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262007 035 $a(PQKB)11261750 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400035 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521323 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330682 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132865 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286110 035 $a(OCoLC)929120888 035 $a(DE-B1597)658080 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571006 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/t7vc58 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400035 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330682 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243440 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245032 100 $a20040506d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aToward the Charter $eCanadians and the demand for a national bill of rights, 1929-1960 /$fChristopher MacLennan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca [New York] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2536-X 311 $a0-7735-2532-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction: A ?Canadian? Bill of Rights -- $tCivil Liberties and Civil Libertarians from the Depression to World War II, 1929?42 -- $tA Change in Strategy: The First Demands for a National Bill of Rights, 1943?47 -- $tCanada and the United Nations International Bill of Rights -- $tExpansion and Contraction: The Frustration of the Bill of Rights Movement, 1948?52 -- $tThe Decade of Human Rights and the Bill of Rights Movement -- $tSuccess of a Sort: The Diefenbaker Bill of Rights -- $tConclusion: ?A Mere Scrap of Paper?? -- $tAppendices -- $tAn Act to Amend the British North America Act, 1867, drafted by the Committee for a Bill of Rights, 1947?48 -- $tCanadian Membership on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and Its Commissions, 1945?60 -- $tArthur Roebuck?s Canadian Bill of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 3 November 1949 -- $tAn Act for the Protection of Civil Rights, Prepared by the Department of Justice, 1947 (Revised 1951?52) -- $tAn Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Bill c?60, (5 September 1958) -- $tAn Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1960 -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aCivil rights$zCanada$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights$xHistory. 676 $a342.71/085 700 $aMaclennan$b Christopher$f1968-$01610994 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824591603321 996 $aToward the Charter$93938990 997 $aUNINA