Summary: Why does the Charter focus on legal and politcal rights, to the exclusion of economic and social rights? What does this absence mean for Canadian citizens? Could economic and social rights be read into the charter under an existing section? That's what Gosselin tries to do in Gosselin v Quebec, without success. In this podcast we shall study the supreme court's judgement, focusing on the dissenting opinion that Canada should include an economic right to basic subsistance under sec 7. Gosselin v Quebec (2002)
