Before the Charter came into being, rights and freedoms were protected in Canada by a variety of laws, including the 1960 Bill of Rights.
Green Eggs and Ham was Published in 1957. This book consists of only 50 words because of a bet he had with his publisher. Green Eggs and Ham is basically about this character known as Sam-I-Am pestering an unnamed character who is the narrator of the story, to try his green eggs and ham.
Nine months later, Geisel, using 220 of the words given to him published The Cat in the Hat, which went on to instant success. In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham. Cerf never paid the $50 from the bet.