SOWK 710, Advanced Social Policy: Legislation

S.C. 1995, c. 44
"The purpose of this Act is to achieve equality in the workplace so that no person shall be denied employment opportunities or benefits for reasons unrelated to ability and, in the fulfilment of that goal, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment experienced by women, aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities by giving effect to the principle that employment equity means more than treating persons in the same way but also requires special measures and the accommodation of differences."

S.C. 2001, s. 27
"An Act respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted or in danger."

"The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society."

SBC 2002, c. 41

R.S.C., 1985, c. 24 (4th Supp.)
"An Act for the preservation and enhancement of multiculturalism in Canada."

R.S.C., 1985, c. I-5
An Act respecting Indians.