North Korea vs. Canada

Equality Rights

North Korea

Canada

Canada's Rights and Freedoms

• Free from discrimination
• Race, religion, age, gender, or enthic origin

• Little protection from gender discrimination or sexual harassment
• Limited help for people with mental or physical disabilities

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In Canada, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the outline of our constitution. It protects our rights and freedoms. Other countries, however, do not have this liability. We decided to compare and contrast our rights and freedoms with North Korea's. While Canada is a constitution, North Korea is a dictatorship. They say they are democratic but they only have one party.

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Similarities

• At least a little protection from discrimination

North Korea's Rights and Freedoms (LOL)

North Korea is considered a dictatorship because one party controls the country. There are actually three parties that rule the country, but two of them are overpowered by Worker's Party of Korea. Most people believe that North Korea hasn't completely collapsed in society is because of China, as they are the support of the country

Canada's Protection of Rights & Freedoms

Canada protects my individual rights and very well. You can tell by looking at the laws in Canada: Children under 14 are not allowed to receive the same punishment as adults, and the YCJA and criminal code of conduct protect that. There are many other examples that are proof of Canada doing much better at protecting our rights and freedoms than most countries. In North Korea, the death penalty is allowed for punishment for common crimes as small as vandalism, but also for murder. In Canada, there is no death penalty for any crime, which tells us that they don't want to hurt us. Prisoners in North Korea have to undergo torture and starvation, and most may die, but Canadians have the right to receive services that provide the necessities needed to survive.

Fundamental Freedoms

Canada

North Korea

• Express your own opinion
• Choose a religion
• Organize peaceful meetings
• Associate with any group or person

• Freedom of religious belief as long as your religion doesn't have conflict with the social order; they can't use their religion to drag in foreign powers.
• The government in North Korea is dominated by the military, so any sign of protest is ruthlessly suppressed.
• Freedom of speech and assembly

Democratic Rights

Similarities

Canada

North Korea

• Vote every five years
• Federal and Provincial Government

• Ability to choose their own religion
• Express your own opinion (can't talk about the government negatively in North Korea)
• Associate with any person or group (North Korea will punish people who they suspect have been protesting)

• North Korea is a dictatorship, which means no one votes for the next leader; the person the current leader chooses will become ruler.

Similarities

• Canada is a democracy, which is very different from a dictatorship, so their is not much similarities when it comes to democratic rights.

Legal Rights

Democratic Rights

Canada

North Korea

• Free from unreasonable search, seizure, and imprisonment
• Fair and public trial with an impartial court

Canada

North Korea

• Death penalty for political and common crimes (attempts to escape the country or from prison camps may result in execution on the spot)
• Not many people get to go to court before getting their punishment.
• Prisons are made to torture; many inmates may die from starvation, illness, work accidents, or torture.
• Children receive the same punishments as adults
• Some prisoners may be deported to an intern camp with their immediate family.
• Claim that the prisoners no longer have rights.

• Vote every five years
• Federal and Provincial Government

• North Korea is a dictatorship, which means no one votes for the next leader; the person the current leader chooses will become ruler.

Similarities

• Canada has certain laws that prevent certain things from happening, such as the YCJA prevents children from receiving the same punishment as adults, but North Korea doesn't have these laws.

North Korea vs. Canada

Similarities

• Canada is a democracy, which is very different from a dictatorship, so their is not much similarities when it comes to democratic rights.

Mobility Rights

Rights & Freedoms - Social 9L

Canada

North Korea

• Move around Canada
• Enter, stay, leave Canada

• Forbidden to leave the country
• Usually not allowed to move within the country freely
• Emigration and immigration is strongly controlled

Similarities

• Mobility rights in North Korea and Canada are very different.