Rights and Freedoms Canadians Enjoy

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms contains the rights which are protected and can be enforced by the legal justice system. There are several fundamental freedoms. They can also assemble freely without restrictions. The freedom of worship, which is part of the belief system of an individual, is also guaranteed by the Constitution. The citizens are also eligible by law to participate in democratic processes without coercion and as they wish. This includes all the voting processes right from the parliamentary to the presidential level.

Canadians have the freedom of movement from one place to another without being restricted. Moreover, there are several other rights that are legally based and equally enjoyed by citizens. For example, all Canadians are eligible for the right to life; no authority or any single person is allowed to take away someone else life. This goes alongside the right to personal liberty. Additionally, there is also the right to the ownership of property in any part of the country, as well as the right to be assumed innocent until one is proven guilty in a legal justice system. Basic rights to economic and social processes are not catered for in the Canadian Constitution.

For example, the rights related to work, like days when a worker is supposed to be free from work and perhaps per take leisurely activities, are not documented in the Constitution. Additionally, the power to form and run workers’ unions is not there. Unionized workforces which have benefited other economies are not enjoyed by Canadians. Other areas of interest which are missing in the Canadian Constitution are cultural matters, security concerns within the society, and gains that are supposed to be made from remarkable achievements in fields like science and sports. The addition of the Universal Declaration in the Constitution will indeed make it better by supplementing most of the missing but important provisions. Some of these missing rights and freedoms could affect citizens at an individual level by limiting their ability to perform well, for instance, in the workplace where there is the absence of a unionized workforce.