Title Toward the Charter : Canadians and the demand for a national bill of rights, 1929-1960 / Christopher MacLennan

Published Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) Contents 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 -- "A mere scrap of paper"? Summary "Toward the Charter looks at the evolution of human rights in Canada through Canadian efforts to entrench a bill of rights in the constitution. The 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."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-229) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Canada. Canadian Bill of Rights. SUBJECT Canadian Bill of Rights (Canada) fast Subject Civil rights -- Canada -- History LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights. Civil rights Mensenrechten. Burgerrechten. Overheidsbeleid. Droits civils et politiques -- Canada -- Histoire. Canada Canada. Canada -- Histoire constitutionnelle. Canada -- Constitution (1982) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773571006 0773571000 1282861107 9781282861107 9780773525368 077352536X 9786612861109 661286110X

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