Canada
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
- CONSTITUTION
- April 17, 1982; Charter of Rights and traditional norms
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law, except for Quebec, which is based on the French system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Commons
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the Prime Minister through the Governor General
RELIGIONS
42.6% Catholics, 23.3% Protestants, other minorities
From the country
- DECEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
(continued from above) The sudden public interest -...
(continued from above) The sudden public interest - news of the group's plans has made headlines in Canada - has surprised some Muslims who say they already used sharia in divorce arbitration and other disputes
- DECEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Some Canadian Muslims will soon be able to use an Islamic...
Some Canadian Muslims will soon be able to use an Islamic tribunal to arbitrate civil disputes, bringing Muslim sharia law to a largely secular society and raising concerns about the extent to which it might be applied
- DECEMBER 22, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation...
The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran, in which the Assembly expressed its serious concern at the continuing violations of human rights in Iran, the continued deterioration of the situation with regard to freed
- DECEMBER 19, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said he did not...
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said he did not believe ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein should be executed for crimes against humanity
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania,...
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania, with the full knowledge he was headed for death row, the federal government asked that the death penalty not be carried out against convicted killer Roger Judge
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania,...
Five years after Canada deported a man to Pennsylvania, with the full knowledge he was headed for death row, the federal government asked that the death penalty not be carried out against convicted killer Roger Judge
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities...
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities breached an international human rights treaty by deporting convicted killer Roger Judge back to death row in Pennsylvania in 1998 after he had served a separate 10-year term in Quebec for crimes comm
- AUGUST 8, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of...
Five Britons, a Canadian and a Belgian convicted of carrying out a wave of bombings in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and early 2001 were freed by the Gulf state
- APRIL 24, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Canada was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- MARCH 1, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
James Sampson, father of William Sampson, a Canadian...
James Sampson, father of William Sampson, a Canadian facing a death sentence in Saudi Arabia arrived in the kingdom to meet his son
- JANUARY 1, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- DECEMBER 17, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from...
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from its foreign-aid strategy for China, angering activists and raising questions about the direction of one of its most expensive aid programs