Rights Based Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: The Charter Framework

Advancing Social Rights in Canada, eds Martha Jackman & Bruce Porter, Toronto: Irwin Law, 2014: pp 65-106.

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Martha Jackman

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Bruce Porter

Social Rights Advocacy Centre

Date Written: 2014

Abstract

This chapter explores the extent to which a domestic constitutional framework exists for a rights-based approach to housing and anti-poverty strategies in Canada, compatible with, and informed by, international human rights law and jurisprudence. Particular attention is paid to four Canadian constitutional provisions: 1) the commitment to provide public services of reasonable quality to all Canadians, under section 36 of the Constitution Act, 1982; the right to life, liberty, and security of the person, under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law, under section 15 of the Charter; and Canadian governments’ obligation, under section 1 of the Charter, to balance and limit rights in a manner that is reasonable and demonstrably justifiable.

Keywords: constitution, Canada, human rights, poverty, housing, 36, 7, 15, 1, Charter of Rights, obligation, balance

Suggested Citation

Jackman, Martha and Porter, Bruce, Rights Based Strategies to Address Homelessness and Poverty in Canada: The Charter Framework (2014). Advancing Social Rights in Canada, eds Martha Jackman & Bruce Porter, Toronto: Irwin Law, 2014: pp 65-106. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2696250

Martha Jackman (Contact Author)

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section ( email )

57 Louis Pasteur Street
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Bruce Porter

Social Rights Advocacy Centre ( email )

Canada

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