Citizen's Rights

 

 

equality rights: equal treatment before and under the law, and equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination

  • democratic rights: such as the right to participate in political activities, to vote and to be elected to political office
  • legal rights: such as the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, the right to retain a lawyer and to be informed of that right, and the right to an interpreter in a court proceeding
  • mobility rights: such as the right to enter and leave Canada, and to move to and take up residence in any province
  • Language rights: generally, the right to use either the English or French languages in communications with Canada’s federal government and certain of Canada’s provincial governments.
  • minority language education rights: in general, French and English minorities in every province and territory have the right to be educated in their own language All Canadians also enjoy fundamental freedoms of religion, thought, expression, peaceful assembly, and association.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/fact_08e.html