The Rights Revolution (21 page)

Muslims,
12
,
19
,
72

Musqueam band,
149
n7

national cultures, rights of,
44
,
46
,
66,
73
. See also minorities, national nationalism,
124
,
126
.
See also

under
English Canadians

Quebec

national unity,
25
,
57
,
78
–79,
114
,
115
–16,
128

and ancestry,
129

and assimilation,
64

and Charter of Rights and

Freedoms,
77

and equality of individual

rights,
7
,
55
,
63
,
64
,
65
,
119
,
124

and equality of recognition,
124

and multiculturalism,
130

and rights,
25
,
113
,
116
–17,
119
,
126
–27

nation-states,
128
–29,
136
,
140

natural law,
40
,
43
,
48

New Brunswick,
120

Newton, Isaac,
56

New Zealand,
8
,
60

non-aboriginals,
121
.
See also
land claims; resources vs. aboriginal peoples,
18
,
68
,
82
,
83
–84,
114

North America,
12
,
91

Nunavut,
83

Nuremberg Laws,
47

“Ode to Joy,”
48

Oka (Que.),
84
,
121

Ontario,
15

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (
OSCE
),
10

Pakistan,
45

parents,
108

vs. children,
18
,
112

parliamentary democracy,
135

patchwork quilt model of political space,
57
–58,
68
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
84

patriotism,
124

pensions,
8
,
16
,
30
,
86

permissiveness,
100
–101

Poland,
3
–4,
61
,
138

police brutality,
37
,
130
–31

political community,
55
,
62

created by political rights,
34

political correctness,
87
–88,
122

political equality,
62

political inequality, and rights

talk,
19
–20

political rights,
4
,
34
,
47

political space

Canadian,
58
,
62
,
64
–65,
67
–68,
69
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
84
,
114
,
119

patchwork quilt model of,
57
–58,
68
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
84

pool table model of,
56
–58,
64
–65,
68
,
78
,
79
,
84
,
119

politics

and identity,
14
–15

and rights talk,
17
,
20

politics of reciprocity,
120

pool table model of political

space,
56
–58,
64
–65,
68
,
78
,
79
,
84
,
119

poor vs. rich,
19
–20,
114

poverty,
19
–20,
92
,
105

power

distribution of,
56
,
81
,
120
,
133
–34

and respect,
59
–60

prisons,
3
,
38
,
39
,
46

privacy rights,
30
,
97

privileges,
56
,
68
,
73
–74

vs. rights,
27
,
55
,
65

property rights,
4
,
5
,
30
,
47
,
80
,
97

and inequality,
24
,
30

protest rights,
18
–19

Quebec,
14
,
47
,
63
,
69
,
77
,
133
,
135

anglophones in,
69
,
71

in Canadian federation,
115
–16,
132
–35

and Charter of Rights and

Freedoms,
77

in common history,
134
–35,
136

distinctiveness of,
58
,
77
,
119
,
121
,
134
–35

immigrants in,
71
,
72
,
119
,
132

language legislation in,
8
,
58
,
69
,
70
–72,
74
,
79
,
120

language rights in,
63
,
77
,
134

minorities in,
131
–32

as nation,
66
,
67
,
73
,
133

nationalism in,
62
,
76
,
77
,
119
,
131
,
132
,
133
–34

Quiet Revolution,
6

referenda in,
78
,
116
,
131

religious rights in,
58
,
134

rights of self-determination,
9
,
77
,
133
(
see also
secession) Quebec Act,
134

Québécois.
See also
French Canadians

ancestry of,
129
,
131
,
132

assimilation of,
62
,
64

vs. English Canadians,
18
,
19
,
62
,
64
,
114
,
121

as linguistic minority,
70
,
71

privileges of,
74
,
77

Quiet Revolution,
6

racial inequality,
92

racism,
60
,
61
,
76
,
115
,
118

recognition,
42
,
86
–87

and approval,
88
–89

of differences,
86
–87,
141

and equality of rights,
86
,
89

and human rights,
39
–40

of individuals,
55
–56

mutual,
122
–24,
126
,
136

political,
66
,
80
–81,
84

reconciliation,
141

redress,
29
,
74
–76,
115
,
119
,
125
,
135

referenda,
8
,
9
,
77
,
78
,
116
,
117
,
131

refugees,
36
–37

relativism,
104
,
137

religion,
13
,
40
,
61
,
140
.
See also

specific religions
religious rights,
12
,
67
,
120

as group rights,
24

as individual rights,
67

vs. individual rights,
18
,
19
,
72
–74

in Quebec,
58
,
134

Renaissance,
64

residential schools,
60
,
75

resources

aboriginal rights to,
1
–2,
8
,
9
,
59
,
68
,
80
,
120
–21

non-aboriginal rights to,
68
,
121

respect,
2
,
45
,
65
,
111

for human agency,
39
,
44

and power,
59
–60

of rights of others,
33
,
59

responsibilities,
21
,
56
,
112

and rights,
32
,
50
,
90
,
96
,
100
,
101
–2,
110

rich vs. poor,
19
–20,
114

rights.
See also
group rights; individual rights;
specific rights
abuse of,
37
–38

as adjudicators of conflict,
25
,
31

community created by,
32
,
33
–34,
53
–
54
,
125
,
127
,
139
,
140

conflict between,
9
,
25
,
30
,
31

and democracy,
1
–2,
6

enforcement of,
35

equality of,
55
,
62
,
63
,
65
,
86
,
119
,
120
,
139
,
140
,
141

as expressing values,
3
,
31
,
33
,
53
,
54

as indivisible,
48
–49,
53
,
125
–26

as legitimizing,
32
,
33

origins of,
27
–29

as precondition of agency,
23
,
53

vs. privileges,
27
,
55
,
65

as reciprocal,
32
,
53

and respect,
33
,
45

and responsibilities,
32
,
50
,
90
,
96
,
100
,
101
–2,
110

and societal reform,
32
–33

rights claims

costs of,
119
(
see also
redress)

and national unity,
119

rights culture,
33
,
46

Canadian,
7
–9,
11
–12,
13
–14,
27
,
124
–25

and national unity,
126
–27

in other countries,
2
,
7
,
8
,
11
–12

rights struggles,
4
,
5
–6

benefits to all citizens of,
117

rights talk,
9
,
18
,
45
,
52
,
53
,
78

exported by Canada,
10
–11,
13

and inequality,
16
,
19
–20,
24
,
29
,
30

as language of politics,
17
,
20

and language of the good,
20
,
21
,
22

limitations of,
19
–21,
24
,
29

and national unity,
117

and societal reform,
16
,
32
–33,
90

right to be different,
2
,
54
,
66

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
46

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,
27

Royal Commission on Aboriginal

Peoples,
80

Russell, Peter,
11

Russia,
61
.
See also
Soviet Union

Rwanda,
10
–11,
51
,
140

sacrifice,
72
,
98
,
126

in family life,
97
–98,
99
,
103
–4,
107
,
110

same-sex families,
90
,
102
,
103
,
110
,
113

Saul, John Ralston,
132

Scandinavia,
38

scarcity,
92
,
93

Schiller, (Johann Christoph)

Friedrich von,
48

Schumpeter, Joseph,
91

Scotland,
12

secession,
8
–9,
104
,
122
,
133

self-government,
67
,
68
,
73
,
76
,
79
,
133
,
134

aboriginal,
3
,
11
–12,
16
,
18
,
28
,
59
,
60
,
61
,
76
,
80
,
82
–83

right to,
13
,
50
,
59
,
66

self-respect,
60
–61,
76
,
107
,
112

Selma (Alab.),
3

Serbia,
49
,
133

sexual equality,
113

sexual identity,
85
,
90

sexual inequality,
19
,
92

sexual revolution,
85
,
89
,
90
,
96
,
106

Shakespeare, William,
30
,
146
n11
Shoah,
138

single-parent families,
90
,
101
,
102
,
104
,
105