Open AccessShouting into the Constitutional Void: Section 28 and Bill 21
Author(s) -
Kerri A. Froc
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
constitutional forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-4165
pISSN - 0847-3889
DOI - 10.21991/cf29391
Subject(s) - section (typography) , charter , law , law and economics , government (linguistics) , political science , bill of rights , constitutional law , blocking (statistics) , sociology , public administration , constitution , business , philosophy , computer science , advertising , linguistics , computer network
For several years now, I have been arguing that section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms1 is more than a symbolic flourish, more than just emphasis for section 15’s sex equality guarantee, and more than an interpretive provision. In fact, it has its own independent work to do. This includes blocking attempts by government to use section 33 to preserve gender inequality.