Within Canada
Not every country share the same laws. Canada's legal system and political system shows it's British inheritance.
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Criminal laws make it illegal for someone to hurt, rape, kill other people or to steal from them.
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You may get badly hurt because someone was not careful. Or someone may owe you money and refuse to pay. These are problems between two people. The police usually won't do anything.
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In Canada the courts are separate from the government. Canadians elect their governments. The governments make the law. The courts enforce the law, but they are separate from the government.
Canada is a democratic constitutional monarchy. Every act of government is passed in the name of the Queen, but the authority for every act flows from the Canadian people.
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Information from:
*Learning about The Law, British Columbia's Laws and Legal
System, 8th Edition -March 1998
To order copies contact.
Law courts Education Society of B.C.
Suite 221, 800 Smithe Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2E1
Phone: (604) 660-9870
*Government Participating in Canada - Don Quinlan, series editor
*Canada Votes How we elect our government - Linda Granfield
* Cartoon sketches by Thelema Khuit aged 12
