Since the beginning of this year, Division 2 has been learning
about our rights and responsibilities as Canadian citizens. They
are outlined in our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
which was added to our constitution in 1982. Our Prime Minister
at the time, named Pierre Trudeau, had a vision of a
multicultural country based on human rights and the protection
of individual freedoms. His dream was a “Just Society”. He spent
a total of 16 years in office making him one of our longest
running prime ministers of all time. As Canadian citizens, we
have discovered we have many rights and to help maintain these
rights for us and others, we also have responsibilities. Now we
have started to compare our rights with the rights of people in
other countries. We’re noticing that people do not always have
as many rights as we do, especially children. And girls are less
likely to have as many rights as boys. For example, we have the
right to an education in Canada whereas 113 million children
around the world are deni