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In Canada, we have the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects the rights of all Canadians, as well as women. In the Charter, two sections specifically apply to equality ,which are sections 15 and 28. Section 15 makes sure that the law upholds equal protection without discriminating against sex, race, or ethnicity. Section 28 guarantees that all rights are applied equally to men and women. As blanket rights for equality, these are essential to ensuring that men and women are protected equally under the Charter. In addition to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the Canadian Human Rights Act of 1977 that allows for all Canadians to have the right to equality and to avoid discrimination based on sex. This act protects men and women from discrimination when they are employed by government run organization. However, this leaves a gap when it comes to all privately owned businesses. To accommodate for this, the Government of Canada created the Canadian Human Right...

According to researches at Oxford University, we would need more than half the population to use COVID tracing apps for it to be an effective form of combating the virus (Drakopoulos 2020). This ideology would follow a popular term of late, herd immunity, which is when a large portion of the community is immune to a virus that prevents it from spreading. Considering that most Canadians would be open to the idea of downloading a tracing app, one wonders where the disconnect has been (Turcotte et al. 2020). The majority of recent cases in Ontario have been people under the age of 40, and with this in mind, it is evident that it is this demographic who are socializing and interacting in larger circles. If most of this demographic were to download this app, it might prove efficient. It is safe to assume that there is a lack of social distancing and other public health regulations being followed at most of these social gatherings. This could be why what looks like the "second wave...