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Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship 公民的權利和責任
( 2013-01-25 )



      The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms attempts to summarize fundamental freedoms while also setting out additional rights. The most important of these include:
      •Mobility Rights — Canadians can live and work anywhere they choose in Canada, enter and leave the country freely, and apply for a passport.
      •Aboriginal Peoples' Rights — The rights guaranteed in the Charter will not adversely affect any treaty or other rights or freedoms of Aboriginal peoples.
      •Official Language Rights and Minority Language Educational Rights — French and English have equal status in Parliament and throughout the government.
      •Multiculturalism — A fundamental characteristic of the Canadian heritage and identity. Canadians celebrate the gift of one another's presence and work hard to respect pluralism and live in harmony.           

      charter 憲章
      summarize = describe something using fewer words 總結;概述
      fundamental = the most important 最基本的
      additional = more 更多的
      mobility rights 遷徙的權利;行刧自由
      passport = a government document that identifies someone as a citizen 護照
      aboriginal people 原住民
      adversely = in a bad way
      treaty = an agreement between two groups or countries 條約
      official language 法定語言;官方語言
      status 法律地位
      multiculturalism from the word multicultural = including many different cultures 多元文化
      characteristic = a special quality 特点;特質
      heritage = beliefs, traditions, etc. that are part of a group or country 傳統
      pluralism = the belief that people of different races, religions, etc. should live peacefully together in a society 多元主義
      harmony 和諧共處

      加拿大人權及自由憲章致力概括各种基本的自由,并附加多項權利,其中最重要的包括:
      •遷徙的權利:公民可以選擇在國內任何地方居住及工作,有出入境自由,可申請護照。
      •原住民權利:憲章确保的權利不會抵触任何原住民的條約,及不在條約內的其他權利和自由。
      •法定語文權利和少數群体的語言和教育權利:在國會及整個政府中法語和英語具同等地位。
      •多元文化:這是加拿大傳統的特質,加拿大人歡迎外來者,努力尊重不同文化,和睦共處。