Toward the Charter : Canadians and the demand for a national bill of rights, 1929-1960 / Christopher MacLennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maclennan, Christopher, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Bill of Rights.

Canada.

Civil rights--Canada--History.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The important roles played by parliamentarians such as John Diefenbaker and academics such as F.R. Scott are placed alongside those of trade unionists, women, and a long list of individuals representing Canada's multicultural groups to reveal the diversity of the bill of rights movement. At the same time MacLennan weaves Canadian-made arguments for a bill of rights with ideas from the international human rights movement led by the United Nations to show that the Canadian experience can only be understood within a wider, global context.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: A “Canadian” Bill of Rights

Civil Liberties and Civil Libertarians from the Depression to World War II, 1929–42

A Change in Strategy: The First Demands for a National Bill of Rights, 1943–47

Canada and the United Nations International Bill of Rights

Expansion and Contraction: The Frustration of the Bill of Rights Movement, 1948–52

The Decade of Human Rights and the Bill of Rights Movement

Success of a Sort: The Diefenbaker Bill of Rights

Conclusion: “A Mere Scrap of Paper”?

Appendices

An Act to Amend the British North America Act, 1867, drafted by the Committee for a Bill of Rights, 1947–48

Canadian Membership on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and Its Commissions, 1945–60

Arthur Roebuck’s Canadian Bill of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 3 November 1949

An Act for the Protection of Civil Rights, Prepared by the Department of Justice, 1947 (Revised 1951–52)

An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Bill c–60, (5 September 1958)

An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1960

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86110-7

9786612861109

0-7735-7100-0

OCLC:

123470230