Assignment Task: Opinion on the matter of Canadian's do not have too many Rights and Freedoms, however, I don't believe that the current rights we have are capable of being held up in their current form. We often struggle to put resources in the right places, and the current political climate means that often as funding is allocated for services, it's taken away from an incoming government. In addition, just because a right is afforded doesn't mean it fixes a problem. You are entitled an interpreter if you are in need of one during court proceeding but as stated in this CBC article , " discussions with defense lawyers and probation officers about issues such as bail conditions all take place in what is the second or third language of many defendants . " (MacKinnon) That means that even if they understand the conditions once they are in court. They are going in effectively blind as they are not afforded a translator prior to court proceedings.