PLEA’s Law 30 Resource Portal

Indicators for this outcome

(a) Discuss how diverse worldviews can influence the creation of, or change, a law.

Case Study: Partisanship, Reason, and Climate Change from Lesson 2 of Democracy and the Rule of Law.
The Grounded Idealism of The Discourses from The PLEA: The Mind of Machiavelli (FL1-j)
The PLEA: Curb your Fanaticism

(b) Examine factors that can influence the creation of new laws in Canada as a result of shifting societal and cultural values and advances in technology such as:

• the Slavery Abolition Act (1833);
• the right to vote;
• the abolition of the death penalty (1976);
• the Canada Health Act (1984);
• the Canadian Human Rights Act (1985);
• the Assisted Dying Law (2016);
• the Assisted Human Reproduction Act (2004);
• the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (1996);
• the decriminalization of abortion;
• digital citizenship;
• politics and social movements; and
• climate change.

The PLEA: Revolution (FL2-k)
Women and the Vote from Chapter 11 of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town: The Learning Resource
Indigenous People and the Right to Vote from Lesson 1 of Democracy and the Rule of Law (FL1-d, FL2-g, LT2-f)
The Death Penalty from Albert Camus' The Plague: The Learning Resource
Absolute Freedom and Universal Health Care from Albert Camus' The Plague: The Learning Resource (FL3-h)
Pet Food? from The PLEA: Cats and the Law
Lesson 2.5: Social Media from Our Government, Our Election
Prohibition and Liquor Regulation from The PLEA: Revisiting Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (FL2-g)

(c) Summarize the process of how new laws are created in Canada at the local, provincial and federal levels.

Lesson 6: Making Reasoned Laws Part I from Democracy and the Rule of Law (FL1-d)
Lesson 7: Making Reasoned Laws Part II from Democracy and the Rule of Law (FL1-d, FL3-h)
Lesson 2.2: Creating Laws in Saskatchewan from Our Government, Our Election (FL1-g)
Lesson 4: Local Council Meetings from Municipalities Matter
Direct Democracy: Plebiscites and Referendums (FL2-k, LT2-i)
The PLEA: Direct Democracy


(d) Compare the law-making roles and powers typically associated with the executive, legislative and judicial branches of provincial and/or federal governments.

Lesson 2.1: The Structure of Provincial Governance from Our Government, Our Election (FL1-g, FL1-h)


(e) Examine how the idea of cooperative federalism works in relation to legislation, regulation, funding and administration.

(f) Explore the diversity of First Nations, Métis and Inuit traditional restorative practices (e.g., talking circle, humour and shaming for minor offences, banishment for serious offences and value restoration over punishment).

Justice, Not Hatred from Albert Camus' The Plague: The Learning Resource (FL1-j)

(g) Investigate the evolving legal relationship between First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians, including treaty relationships and truth and reconciliation.

Treaties and the Law (FL1-a, FL1-g, FL1-h, FL2-i, LT2-g)
The PLEA: Treaties and the Law
Historical Wrongs and Reconciliation from The PLEA: Revisiting Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Prohibition and Liquor Regulation from The PLEA: Revisiting Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (FL2-b)
Burial Sites and Ownership of Human Remains from Chapter 4 of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town: The Learning Resource
Orillia, Treaty Land, and the Original Inhabitants of Lake Couchiching's Shores from Chapter 3 of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town: The Learning Resource (FL2-i)
Indigenous People and the Right to Vote from Lesson 1 of Democracy and the Rule of Law (FL1-d, FL2-b, LT2-f)


(h) Examine promises made in treaties and legal cases related to treaty land entitlement claims in Canada.
From Dream to Reality: The Story of Treaty Land Entitlement (LT2-g)


(i) Discuss how differing cultural understandings of treaties between the Crown and First Nations peoples lead to ongoing negotiation and dialogue to resolve outstanding issues.
Treaties and the Law (FL1-a, FL1-g, FL1-h, FL2-g, LT2-g)
Orillia, Treaty Land, and the Original Inhabitants of Lake Couchiching's Shores from Chapter 3 of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town: The Learning Resource (FL2-g)

(j) Explain various provisions in Canadian law (e.g., Articles 2, 23, 29, 33 in the Charter) that may be used to accommodate the diverse interests and needs of individuals and groups.


(k) Investigate the motivation and impact of individuals or organizations who have influenced the evolution of law in Canada.

The PLEA: Legal Immunity
The PLEA: Revolution (FL2-b, LT2-i)
Political Protest from Albert Camus' The Plague: The Learning Resource (FL2-m, FL3-i, LT2-i)
Case Study: Bypassing the Saskatoon Public Library from Lesson 6 of Municipalities Matter (FL2-m, LT2-i)
Case Study: Saving Saskatchewan Libraries from Lesson 2.6 of Our Government, Our Election (LT2-i)
Case Study: Saskatchewan's History of Direct Democracy from Lesson 2 of Direct Democracy (FL2-c, LT2-i)


(l) Predict possible changes to Canadian laws regarding emerging issues and support these predictions.


(m) Create a plan that includes strategies to affect changes to current laws in Canada at the local, provincial and federal levels.
Lesson 2.6: Citizen Participation from Our Government, Our Election
Lesson 6: Democracy in Action from Municipalities Matter
Political Protest from Albert Camus' The Plague: The Learning Resource (FL2-k, FL3-i)
Lesson 3: Saskatchewan’s Referendum and Plebiscite Act in Direct Democracy (FL2-c)

(n) Explore the origins of Saskatchewan's Language Act and examine the impact of this legislation on the work of the provincial legislature.