Une charte inscrite dans la Constitution était, avec raison, considérée comme étant nettement supérieure à la déclaration des droits, en grande partie symbolique, adoptée par le Parlement sous le gouvernement du premier ministre John Diefenbaker, même s'il faut savoir gré à M. Diefenbaker d'avoir fait avancer l'idée.
A charter entrenched in the constitution was correctly seen to be a huge qualitative advance over the largely symbolic bill of rights adopted by par
liament under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, although c
redit is due to Mr. Diefenbaker for helping the idea along. As one who was in parliament 20 years ago and who was privy to much of the dialogue between my party, the NDP, and the Liberal government of the day as the charter proceeded from draft to real
ity, I want to give credit ...[+++] to my leader at that time, Ed Broadbent, and to the NDP caucus of that parliament.