Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was in effect before the Constitution Act of 1982.
- ○True
- ✓False
Correct answer
False
The Charter was introduced as part of the Constitution Act, 1982. Before that, Canada had the Canadian Bill of Rights (1960), which was only a regular statute, not constitutional law.
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