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
- OCTOBER 10, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian House of Commons has passed a motion urging...
The Canadian House of Commons has passed a motion urging President Olusegun Obasanjo to intervene in saving the life of Amina Lawal, the woman sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia Upper Court in Katsina for adultery
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi lawyer for a William Sampson, a Canadian man...
A Saudi lawyer for a William Sampson, a Canadian man on trial in Riyadh over a fatal bombing denied widespread reports his client had already been sentenced to death and expressed confidence that he and his co-accused would soon be freed
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for Canadian businessman William Sampson, who...
Lawyers for Canadian businessman William Sampson, who is facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia over a fatal bombing allege their client and his co-accused were tortured and had their confessions beaten out of them
- AUGUST 28, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian government, accused by critics of ignoring...
The Canadian government, accused by critics of ignoring the case of Amina Lawal Kurami, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death for bearing a child out of wedlock, said it had already protested twice
- JUNE 28, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing,...
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing, will not have to stay in jail as he keeps up his fight to remain in Canada as a political refugee
- JUNE 21, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly...
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly oversaw a huge smuggling empire, was denied political asylum by a Canadian immigration panel
- APRIL 26, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada was urgently checking an unconfirmed report...
Canada was urgently checking an unconfirmed report that a Canadian businessman in Saudi Arabia accused of being involved in a fatal bombing was sentenced to death in a secret trial, officials said
- APRIL 26, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi lawyer of a Canadian accused of involvement...
The Saudi lawyer of a Canadian accused of involvement in a fatal bombing denied reports that his client had been sentenced to death in a secret trial in the Muslim kingdom
- APRIL 25, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Canada was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 18, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years...
Author Salman Rushdie, under a death threat for years for allegedly blaspheming Islam in a novel, has not been allowed to fly on Air Canada since September and an airline spokeswoman said she could not say when the ban would be lifted
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- JANUARY 11, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face...
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that refugees who face torture in their homelands "generally" cannot be deported there, unless the evidence shows that their continued presence in Canada poses a serious security risk to the country