Mr.Keegstra

What did Mr.Keegstra teach hir class?
Mr. Keegstra is man who used to be a history teacher at a high school. He taught his students that the Holocaust was not a terrible event and that is was exaggerated by the Jewish people. He explained to his students that the during the second world war many Jewish people emigrated to many different countries and that they were not in fact killed in the concentration camps.

What was the crime?
Mr. Keegstra was taken to court and charged under the criminal code with unlawfully promoting the hatred against an identifiable group. Keegstra argued that this was violating (freedom of expression) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

What secton of the charter was used to challenge his criminal conviclion?
I agree with the supreme court ruling because this man had no right or means to teach hate to his students about this race of people. He was mainly teaching his students how to discriminate.

Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)

1. Briefly explain the 2 main changes in the YCJA.

-The courts need the ability to hand out longer-term sentences to youths with long histories of violence.

-Children are free to speak for themselfs

2. Do you agree with changes? explain 2 reasons.

- "depends", because if children disobey the law, 'yes' they shouldnt go to court, or jail, but the parents should be the ones responible for their childrens actions.