The Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms allow citizens from different groups to be represented and recognized in a fair and equal process - required they have fulfilled the requirements and have sufficient funding. If the public deems this representation unconstitutional, unattainable and objective, then the Charter of Rights and Freedoms also permits them to confront this through a wide variety of resources; the courts, institutions, media and specific government programs. ... These groups focus on section 15 of the charter to have their voices heard which is directly from whe...

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Other important concurrent State powers include the right to borrow money, establish courts, charter banks and other corporations, and enact and enforce laws necessary to carry out these powers (O'Connor, 1993, 65). ... He set into motion deregulation of the banking industry which caused major problems because federally chartered savings and loans that had earlier been required to place their loans in home mortgages, (a safe investment) could now invest their money more freely in riskier ventures. ... Lopez the Court struck down the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1990 on the grounds that ...

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For example, in United States v Lopez (1995), the court held that Congress had exceeded its commerce clause power by prohibiting guns in a school zone. ... For example, the power to tax citizens and businesses, build roads, charter banks, borrow money and manage public debts, administer criminal justice institutions and so on. " (American Government , Page number 68) . ...

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Federalists were angered because, "[Anti-Federalists] had passionately denounced the argument of Alexander Hamilton and other Federalists that there were implied powers in the Constitution that entitled the government to take action in areas not covered in the text of the national charter, (Thomas Fleming, The Louisiana Purchase). ...

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