Road to the Charter, the fifth episode of Inside the Supreme Court of Canada - 150 Years of the Highest Court, traces the political and legal forces that led to the adoption of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
From Saskatchewan's Bill of Rights to the Canadian Bill of Rights to the rise of Quebec nationalism, experts chart the path to the Constitution's patriation and the Charter's adoption in 1982.
Watch it on CPAC
Monday, December 15 at 7:00pm ET
Photo credits: Library and Archives Canada, The Canadian Press and Getty Images
Funded in part by the Department of Canadian Heritage's Commemorate Canada Program.