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Opening Shots: The courts'' contempt for fundamental rights is reflected in a teacher''s free-speech case.

Publication: Citizens Centre Report Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUN-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
By: Terry O'Neill

Most Canadians point proudly to the fact they live in a country where human rights and civil liberties are held in high esteem and are vigorously defended. They cite the country's democratic traditions, its human-rights laws and especially the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. They have good reason to take note of the Charter because, high up in Section 2, it proclaims "everyone" has the fundamental freedoms "of conscience and religion...of thought, belief, opinion and expression."

They are sturdy words. But they also apparently count for very little in the case of Christopher Kempling. The Quesnel, B.C.,...

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