University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Winter 2021
French 134, Chapter 1 Review
Professor Nix, Section 2
April 24, 2021
The committee's mandate was to study and make recommendations on the Constitution of
Canada. Moreover, The members of the committee were drawn from each province of
Canada, and included two future provincial premiers, a future Supreme Court of Canada
justice, two future provincial chief justices, and a future Canadian Ambassador to the United
Nations. (Smith, 2021)
Class Date: 18/7/2024
Teacher’s Note: Please review the introduction carefully.
GENERIC CONTENT:
## Findings
The Committee presented its report to the CBA at the next annual meeting, in 1978. The
committee made wide-ranging recommendations for constitutional change, including a
completely new constitution, abolishing the monarchy, changing the Senate, entrenching
language rights and a bill of rights, and changing the balance of powers between the federal
government and the provinces. == Works ==
Justice Delayed: Nazi War Criminals in Canada (1987) with Susan Charendoff, ISBN 9780920197424
Closing the Doors: The Failure of Refugee Protection (1989) with Ilana Simon, ISBN 9780920197813
No More: The Battle Against Human Rights Violations (1996), ISBN 978-1550022216
Bloody Words: Hate and Free Speech (2000), ISBN 978-1553310006
Aftershock: Anti-Zionism & Antisemitism (2005), ISBN 978-1550025538
Bloody Harvest, The killing of Falun Gong for their organs (2009) with David Kilgour
Why Did You Do That? : The Autobiography of a Human Rights Advocate (2015), ISBN 9781-927079-34-8
Durban Conference: Civil Society Smashes Up, Bnai Brith Canada, 2002
Matas has also appeared in the documentaries Red Reign: The Bloody Harvest of China's
Prisoners (2013) and Human Harvest (2014).
## Conclusion
== Awards ==
Matas is the recipient of numerous honours and awards including:
Governor-General's Confederation Medal in 1992
Outstanding Achievement Award from the Manitoba Association of Rights & Liberties in
1996
League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada Midwest Region Human Rights Achievement
Award in 1999
Vancouver Interfaith Brotherhood Person of the Year 2006
Appointed a member of the Order of Canada on October 23, 2008. For their organ
harvesting work Matas and Kilgour won the 2009 Human Rights Award from the Germanbased International Society for Human Rights and were nominated for the 2010 Nobel
Peace Prize. == Professional discipline ==
Matas is a member of the Law Society of Manitoba, the regulatory body for lawyers in that
province. On April 11, 2024, he admitted in disciplinary proceedings that he had breached
an undertaking he had made to the Law Society, that he would only practise with the
assistance of other lawyers. The Law Society disciplinary body noted that his breach of his
undertaking did not cause any harm to his clients, but felt it necessary to issue a reprimand.
## Analysis (List)
- It also directed that he pay costs of $1,500 in relation to the disciplinary proceedings.
References / Works Cited:
1. Wikipedia (n.d.). Retrieved from https://wikipedia.org/
2. Random Book Title (2022). Academic Publishing House.