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Can We Guarantee Human Rights in Canada

Item number (ISN):

33709

Series title:

Citizen's Forum

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

33709

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: GENERAL FILE

Accession:

1986-0601

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Release date:

1950-03-16

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

announcer, Lamont Tilden

Description:

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Program about the Canadian constitution and a bill of rights, from MacDonald College in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.~Frank Scott, professor of law at McGill University and national chairman of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, cite the Padlock Bill in Quebec as an example of the invasion of human rights. This bill "allows the executive branch of the government to decide when a man's house is going to be padlocked before any court has found him guilty". He says that, "We need a bill of personal rights, guaranteeing freedom of [individual] expression, of the press, of religion ... freedom from want and insecurity ..."~John O'Meara, K.C., a member of the Montreal Bar active in Quebec politics, asks, "Can our heritage be preserved [any better] by a rigid constitutional set of guarantees than by the unwritten charter of rights willed to us through centuries by Anglo-Saxon resistance to despotic power?"~He feels human rights cannot be legislated. Our tradition and present laws are sufficient protection.~John G. Diefenbaker, Member of Parliament for Lake Centre, Saskatchewan, says, "A bill of rights would deny that there are first and second-class citizens in our country measured by colour, race or surname .. [and] put an end to Canadians being pushed around by bureaucartic regulation".~Paul Sauriol of the newspaper "Le Devoir" and professor at the Univeristy of Montreal, says "A federal bill of rights would jeopardize provincial rights ... a danger that ... federals parliament would continue its invasion against political autonomy. The economic and social freedoms should be assured by the provinces in accordance with their particular needs and social background".~This is follows by an open discussion on the pros and cons of the Padlock Law in Quebec as it relates to individual rights.~Audience questions are directed to speakers. The chairman is Neil Morrison, CBC supervisor of talks and public affairs. <45mn>

Language:

English

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1. For reference tape see 1982-0195/0074, cut 1.

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Vault ISN:

52365

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1986-0601/0140
1986-0601/0139

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

DISC

Stock:

TRANS

Technical description:

ALUM

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

933870

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

33709-1986-0601-0140.WAV
33709-1986-0601-0139.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1986-0601/0140
1986-0601/0139

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

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