What did the Charter create?

• A. A system of government
• B. Protection for individual rights and freedoms
• C. The ability to restrict rights
• D. The common law

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that the Charter creates protection for individuals by listing fundamental rights and freedoms and limiting what government can do to infringe them. It’s a constitutional guarantee that the state must respect, and if a law or government action violates those rights, people can challenge it in court. This is what gives individuals real protections against arbitrary power, such as restrictions on freedom of speech, equality before the law, and due process.

It’s not about building a system of government—that’s established by the Constitution and political structures in place. It isn’t about giving the ability to restrict rights; the Charter actually constrains government power to limit rights. And while it interacts with common law, the Charter itself is a formal set of guaranteed rights at the constitutional level, not a rule about ordinary case-by-case law.