Q&A. A certified public accountant, or CPA, is a person who has passed the very difficult CPA Exam and has been licensed by one of the 50 U.S. states (or one of five other jurisdictions). The CPA's license is renewed if the state's requirements continue to be met including continuing professional education credits.
Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, brought the act into effect with a proclamation she signed in Ottawa on April 17, 1982. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms forms the first thirty-five sections (counting Section 16.1 and not counting Section 35) of the Constitution Act, 1982. As of 2016, the government of Quebec has never formally approved of the enactment of the act, though formal consent was never necessary.
Saskatchewan was the first Canadian province to legislate a human rights code, in 1947. Parliament passed the Bill of Rights in 1960, as one means of protecting Canadians from government excesses.ometimes the limits on government are left to self-restraint, but in some countries legislation or protection of citizens' rights is put in place. In this section, you will trace the development of civil rights protection in Canada through to the entrenchment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.