Corporations and constitutional guarantees

La Charte canadienne des droits et libertés offre une certaine protection constitutionnelle aux corporations aux titres des libertés fondamentales et des garanties juridiques. L'ambiguïté du libellé des dispositions relatives à la liberté de circulation et d'établissement et aux droits à l'égalité rendent incertaines leur application aux corporations. Le raisonnement de l'arrêt Big M pourrait indirectement assurer une protection constitutionnelle aux corporations. Si la définition de la portée de la Charte constitutionnelle, et partant, la détermination de son impact sur les plans social et politique doit demeurer essentiellement l'oeuvre du judiciaire, une autre solution, celle-là liée à un processus général de révision constitutionnelle, pourrait marquer la définition des objets de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne du Québec.Certain constitutional guarantees are now clearly available to corporations, under the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, in the areas of Fundamental Freedoms and Legal Rights. Ambiguous terminology in the provisions dealing with Mobility and Equality Rights leaves the status of corporate applicants uncertain. The rationale of Big M may guarantee constitutional protection to corporations as indirect beneficiaries of rights to which they have no direct access. Whereas in the case of the Canadian Charter, responsability for the clarification of the scope and thereby of the political and social impact of the guarantees is likely to remain with the courts, an alternative solution may be available in Quebec. Clarification and/or reconsideration of the objectives of the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, as they are defined through the identification of its beneficiaries, could take place in the context of general constitutional review

Les droits à l'instruction dans la langue de la minorité à la lumière des décisions des Cours d'appel de l'Ontario et de l'Alberta

L'auteure examine ici certains aspects du « Droit à l'instruction dans la langue de la minorité » de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés à la lumière de décisions des Cours d'appel de l'Ontario et de l'Alberta. Elle compare celles-ci du point de vue des droits de gestion et de contrôle des écoles et, à cet égard, elle s'interroge sur l'importance pour les Franco-Ontariens de la décision de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario. Elle constate aussi l'attachement de la Cour d'appel de l'Alberta à l'idéal américain de la common school sur lequel est basé en partie son rejet de la demande d'un système scolaire francophone égal au système des écoles publiques. Elle fait une comparaison entre les approches des deux Cours d'appel face aux failles législatives et en conclusion elle attire l'attention sur la différence entre les deux versions linguistiques de l'article 23 et sur les conséquences éventuelles de cette divergence.Certain aspects of the “Minority Language Educational Rights” guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are discussed in the context of decisions of the Courts of Appeal of Ontario and Alberta. A comparison is made between the decisions of the two courts with regard to the matter of management and control and on this point the significance, for Franco-Ontarians, of the decision of the Court of Appeal of Ontario is called into question. It is noted that the rejection of the request by Franco-Albertans for a French-language school system equivalent to that of the public schools is based in part upon the manifest attachment of the Court of Appeal of Alberta to the American ideal of the "common school". The reactions of the two courts to the defficiencies found in the legislative provisions are contrasted. Finally, there is discussion of a difference in emphasis between the two linguistic versions of s. 23 and of the possible consequences thereof

Graduate Enter Divers Fields

Would you believe it possible that an Iowa State graduate acts as hostess on an eastern air-line, that another is a reporter, and that a third works in a bank? It\u27s astonishing but true

Home Demonstration Agents

A number of changes have been made in home demonstration agent positions at the beginning of this year. Sioux and O\u27Brien counties began home demonstration work on a full-time basis Jan. 1. Iris McCumber, an Iowa State graduate began her work in Sioux county. On January 16 Elizabeth Colby became a full-time demonstration agent in O\u27Brien county

Plan a Recreation Room

When diverting interests tend to draw away the members of the home, a recreation room is one of the solutions for bringing them together again

Selecting Suitable Stories...

Can you remember you heard your first story? Few of us can. For when still in the cradle most of us were told tales, both real and imaginative. And ever since we have been progressing on the road of literature, through nursery rhymes and fairy stories to essays and treatises

“Worthwhile Aims?” A Qualitative Study into Experiences of Funding within Elite Sport

Since the awarding of the London 2012 Olympic Games in 2005, elite sport has enjoyed an increasing amount of public support and interest, yet the origins of this go far further back than most appreciate. As the level of British sporting achievement increases, so does the cost; with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle costing £245million (UK Sport, 2016). Numerous studies have examined elite sport and the financial cost as a burden on an individual nation, but few studies directly address the financial impact elite sport has on the individual athlete. Using both qualitative interviews and findings from my own personal reflection, this study seeks to explore how individual athletes within a single Olympic sport experience funding: the financial and emotional pressures, along with explanations of why and how athletes manage this situation, utilising the theories of Pierre Bourdieu. Key research questions address UK Sport’s current remit and sustainability, and the burden placed on individual athletes. The findings from both elements of the research corresponded with each other: athletes felt large amounts of pressure, relating to both present and future sporting performance due to funding issues, and explanations of why athletes accepted this level of pressure are explained using the theory of capital