Description: The Charter is an incredibly important document. It has entrenched the values important to our national identity into the Supreme Law of Canada. It has altered the balance between the branches of our government. It has even impacted the world at large. Many nations have looked to the Charter and Charter cases when creating and applying their own human rights guarantees. Despite all of these grand sweeping changes, the biggest influence of the Charter is how it improves the daily lives of Canadians. Things like getting a day off work to practice our faith, picking who we marry and making our own reproductive decisions all personally affect our lives. These are intimate impacts. The Charter helps Canadians live lives true to their beliefs, values and goals. As important as the Charter is to the nation and the world, it is the Charter's influence on individual Canadians that has the greatest and most profound impact.

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Groups: Human Rights Religious Rights