Human rights and freedoms are essential for democracy to work. A democracy without human rights and freedoms is like a banana split without the banana, a computer without a keyboard, a bicycle without pedals, a game without rules. Share Video on Facebook: goo.gl/tB27ei Share Video on Twitter: goo.gl/xGCM7G Subscribe to our channel: bit.ly/1kjCwNU Video produced by the Springtide Collective & Brave Space. www.springtidecollective.ca www.bravespace.ca Note: This video is the property and copyright of the Springtide Collective and intended for individual use and study only. To obtain an educational, institutional, commercial or distribution license, please contact info@springtidecollective.ca. Hire us to make your next whiteboard video: bit.ly/1mcAgMC Get in touch: info@springtidecollective.ca Follow us on Twitter: @SpringtideCo (Link: bit.ly/1mXJGMC) @MarkCoffin (Link: bit.ly/1moKFpY) @BraveMarguerite (Link: bit.ly/TFIeCP) Sources: United Nations on Human Rights and Democracy: tinyurl.com/mappb6t Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: tinyurl.com/9rwock9 Court Cases Mentioned (In order: Same Sex Marriage; Offensive Teacher, Voting for Convicted Prisoners, Principal's right to Search): tinyurl.com/56mqq tinyurl.com/k6ryfut tinyurl.com/mov99s5 tinyurl.com/kbfb86p Environmentalists want Charter Right to Healthy Environment: tinyurl.com/kpbbhtf Constitution and Charter as a Living Document: tinyurl.com/l6b3rry