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The Supreme Court of Canada and the Charter: Democratic or Anti-Democratic?
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The Supreme Court of Canada and the Charter: Democratic or Anti-Democratic? A democracy is a way of governing a country in which the people elect representatives to form a government on behalf of the country; with such a government, the idea is that everyone in that country has social equality. Social equality is state of uniformity in quantity, measure, value, privileges, status, or rights within a given society. Canada is thought to be a democratic country because, similar to the definition, the Canadian citizens select representatives by ballot to form a government on behalf of the country. The Canadian judicial system has two key elements by which to represent the country: The Supreme Court of Canada (group of 9 appointed judges) and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Supreme Court of Canada stands at the apex of the Canadian judicial system. It is the final general court of appeal, the...
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