Civil Rights Injustice In Canada

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Viola’s case became headline of black newspapers and journalist across Nova Scotia and Halifax where many people were outraged by this audacious disregard for Canada’s constitution. King vs Desmond, arose civil rights injustice in Canada that has been “swept under the rug” now the government and the legislative bodies now had to address this issue of segregation and unwritten rules that some provinces still practise (Thomson, Colin A. 1986). Viola case went all the way to the supreme court event thought was turn down, this case left a massive impact on the citizens of Canada because blacks were now paying attention and united under one cause (Thomson, Colin A. (1986). They were no longer going to suffer the same injustice they did in the past,