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2006-06-21
Canada wants delay to key aboriginal UN treaty
Washington Post, United States - Jun 19, 2006 said the draft document was inconsistent with both Canada's charter of human rights parties, human rights activists and native groups accused Ottawa of trying
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2006-06-20
Health Promotion, An Emerging Priority
Gorkhapatra, Nepal - Jun 11, 2006 This conference was the latest in the series which began in Ottawa in 1986 and produced the Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion.
The Ottawa Charter of 1986 established the main principles of health promotion which seek to identify the determinants of health. These are social and economic factors that determine the health status, such as, income, education, profession, working conditions and mental health. The risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, eating habits and physical inactivity will have enormous impacts on public health.

2006-06-19
Family of Canadian soldier in Afghanistan not getting death
Canada.com, Canada - 12 hours ago OTTAWA (CP) - The family of a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan won't be That's because Canada's new Veterans Charter, which for the first time provides a
But Woodfield's family will not get a red cent because under the Veterans Charter, only "survivors" can receive the $250,000 death benefit. And because survivors are defined only as dependent children, spouses or common-law partners, Woodfield - as a single man with no children - had no "survivors" to receive any cash.

2006-06-18
'Rights are being eroded'
Ottawa Sun, Canada - 9 hours ago native Hassan Almrei and Algerian-born Mohamed Harkat, are asking the court to overturn the security certificate system as a violation of the Charter of Rights
"This is inhuman," said Mulageta Abai, executive director of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. "Slowly our rights are being eroded in the name of preventing terrorism. We have a very modern legal system and that should be followed."

2006-06-16
Courts to look into security certificate issue
Global National, Canada - Jun 12, 2006 OTTAWA -- The government says secret evidence, closed-door hearings and indefinite detention abuse of the judicial process, a denial of the Charter of Rights
His lawyers, Johanne Doyon and Julius Grey, argue in written submissions that the certificate process infringes the Charter of Rights, which guarantees fundamental justice, fair trial and equality before the law and prohibits arbitrary detention and cruel and unusual punishment.

2006-06-15
Ottawa seeks reprieve if terror law quashed
National Post, Canada - Jun 12, 2006 that they are a flagrant violation of several sections of the Charter of Rights of Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian-born gas station attendant from Ottawa who was
The court will also consider the cases of Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian-born gas station attendant from Ottawa who was jailed in December, 2002, as an alleged al-Qaeda suspect without any charges being laid against him. On Friday, a Court of Appeal judge upheld Mr. Harkat's release on bail. After the hearing, his wife said she expected him home today or tomorrow.

2006-06-14
Ottawa can't deny Khadr a passport, court rules
CTV.ca, Canada - Jun 9, 2006 Toronto civil rights lawyer Clayton Ruby had argued that Ottawa's decision to deny a passport to his client is a violation of his Charter rights and personal
"The applicant has not been charged with any offence in Canada or any other nation, has never been convicted of any crime or served any term of imprisonment and is not indebted to the Crown for expenses related to repatriation to Canada," Justice Michael Phelan said in his written judgment.

1. Politics: Laying Out The Martin Rules: The new Prime Minister is wasting no time in putting his stamp on Ottawa
Byline: SHIRLEY BRADY Dan Aykroyd is helping his buddy Paul Allen take his VOD service up to 11. From Oct. 15 to Nov. 30, Allen''s Charter Communications ...

2. Charter Plugs VOD With Help From a Friend
Jay Thompson has a lot of respect for Canada''s police forces. In fact, one of his cousins is an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police. Thompson ...

3. Policing the web: how far will Ottawa go? - Analysis
MANY THINGS ARE DONE BETTER - POTENTIALLY - BY MARKETS THAN BY governments. Other things are done better - potentially - by governments. And many things ...

4. An inquiry into the consequences of the Magna Carta and Charter of Rights
OTTAWA -- In a "historic" decision against single-tier health care, Canada''s top court this month struck down a Quebec law that banned private ...

5. Quebec court strikes down private health care law
North America OTTAWA-On June 28, Canada''s House of Commons voted 158-133 to legalize marriage for lesbians and gays. The Senate passed the bill July 19.