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Canadian Constitution Foundation  Media Advisory: 'The Right that Dares not Speak its Name'
Media Advisory
January 29, 2010
“The Right that Dares not Speak its Name”
CALGARY: The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) today released a position paper outlining the importance of economic liberty as a fundamental human right.
Titled “The Right that Dares not Speak its Name,” the paper posted here was submitted to the Content Advisory Committee of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights earlier this month.
The paper outlines the nature of rights, and explores the difference between positive rights and negative rights. The paper argues that economic rights such as freedom of contract, and the right to earn, keep, enjoy and use private property, are necessary to the exercise of social and political rights such as freedom of religion, speech and association.
“It is self-delusional to believe that a country can maintain its traditional human rights and freedoms at the same time as it systematically violates economic rights. If we value the former, it is time for us to start insisting that the latter be permitted to speak its name,” stated Karen Selick, Litigation Director with the CCF.
“These economic rights are as important as – and essential to the exercise of – other fundamental human rights such as freedom of speech; freedom of association; freedom of conscience and religion, and other fundamental human rights,” stated CCF Executive Director John Carpay.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to defend the constitutional freedoms of Canadians through education, communication and litigation.
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