Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau gets a round of applause from Liberal members in the House of Commons after signing an accord with the provincial premiers on the constitutional talks in Ottawa, Thursday, Nov. 5, 1981. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand)
The Charter at 40: How Canada Got Re-Colonized
We are regularly treated to surveys of public opinion about Canada’s 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Canadians love it, though the vast majority have never read it. Not a word. The real story of the Charter, the reasons for…