Human rights good for Canadians but not for Australians

In crikey.com on July 26 Greg Barnes explores briefly the impact the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has had in Canada and finds that it has led to the strengthening of Canadian democracy. He points out that every opinion poll in recent years has shown that the majority of Canadians like the idea of having the Charter to protect them against the excesses of the Executive and that they regard the Charter as being an overwhelmingly positive attribute of their country.

He concludes with the observation that Frank Brennan now has a chance to allow Australians to have the same access to human rights protections as Canadians, but that he needs to stop agonizing over straw men constructed by opponents of human rights.

You can read the complete article on crikey.com