Concluding Opinion
I believe that the issue of Women's Legal Rights has been solved. In legislature, it is apparent that laws applying to males apply equally to females. This is also reinforced by items like the Persons Case, where the "person" now equally applies to both men and women in the constitution. Additionally, there is section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, stating that everybody is equal before and under the law, with no discrimination based on sex. Also, Canadian women today are no longer fighting for legal rights, although there are still some other issues that need to be resolved. In terms of the law, however, equality has been achieved.
In the future, social problems like this can be prevented easily. It starts with being inclusive in all government legislature, and if one section speaks about a specific group of people, the terms and wording must make it very clear who it is. Also, that group of people must be singled out for a reason. For example, the issue being addressed must pertain to those people and no one else, meaning that there is no exclusion of anyone—like women. The problem with the initial British North America act, or the Constitution Act as it is now called, is that the term "person" referred only to men, and even that was never specified, but left to future politicians to decipher. Additionally, this exclusion of women was for no apparent reason, all statements could just as easily apply to women as they did men. This social problem could have been prevented easily, but for the fact that it began at a time when women really were not treated as persons. But history repeats itself, so we best learn from our mistakes.
In the future, social problems like this can be prevented easily. It starts with being inclusive in all government legislature, and if one section speaks about a specific group of people, the terms and wording must make it very clear who it is. Also, that group of people must be singled out for a reason. For example, the issue being addressed must pertain to those people and no one else, meaning that there is no exclusion of anyone—like women. The problem with the initial British North America act, or the Constitution Act as it is now called, is that the term "person" referred only to men, and even that was never specified, but left to future politicians to decipher. Additionally, this exclusion of women was for no apparent reason, all statements could just as easily apply to women as they did men. This social problem could have been prevented easily, but for the fact that it began at a time when women really were not treated as persons. But history repeats itself, so we best learn from our mistakes.