Canadian citizens have rights and responsibilities. These come to us from our history, are secured by Canadian law, and reflect our shared traditions, identity, and values.
Canadian law has several sources, including laws passed by Parliament and the provincial legislatures, English common law, the civil code of France and the unwritten constitution that we have inherited from Great Britain.
Together, these secure for Canadians an 800-year old tradition of ordered liberty, which dates back to the signing of Magna Carta in 1215 in England (also known as the Great Charter of Freedoms), including:
Source: Discover Canada, page 8.
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citizen = a full member of a country who enjoy the rights and protection of that country 公民
right 權利
responsibility = a duty you are required or expected to do 責任
secure = guarantee or protect 保障
reflect = show 反映
tradition = the beliefs or customs of a group of people for a long time 傳統
identity = the qualities, beliefs, etc. that make a person or a group of persons different from others 身份
values 价值觀
legislature = a group of people who make or change laws 立法机构
common law = the laws which were developed from English court decisions and form the basis of Canadian law 英國的普通法（又稱習慣法）
inherit = receive something from someone who had it before 秉承；繼承
liberty = freedom 自由
date back = go back 追溯
Magna Carta（拉丁文）英國的大憲章
公民的權利和責任
加國公民有權利，也有責任。這些權利和責任來自我們的歷史，受到加國法律保障，並反映我們共同擁有的傳統、對作為加拿大人的身份認同以及價值觀。
加國法律源於多方面，包括國會和省議會通過的法案、英國普通法、法國民事法以及傳承自英國的不成文憲法。
綜合而成的法制，保障了加拿大人擁有的自由，這已有八百年的古老傳統，可追溯到1215年在英國簽定的大憲章，其中包括：
