To what extent should I, as a citizen, respond to globalization?
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms seems to be both a good thing and a nuisance. It’s good because it clearly outlines all the rights of every Canadian citizen and each is something that helps people. To the courts it is somewhat more of a nuisance because they have to deal with lawyers throwing rights and freedoms in the hopes that one will take hold. It’s also a nuisance to them because they have to define what each right and freedom means and will have to put them in a ranking order that not everyone will like.
It's easy to see how Daniel Griswold, a trade specialist with the Cato Institute, can say that human rights, democracy and globalization having been moving together as most transnational companies that are moving around the world come from democratic countries where human rights are highly valued. However each of the forces of globalization can be tools against or for human rights. For example, trade can promote human rights with trade boycotts but it can also put pressure on governments to reduce spending and lower taxes which increases inequality among the people.
Illegal immigrants and human trafficking are bad for the victims and needs to be stopped. If people are in a bad situation in their own countries then they shouldn't have to stay there or endure abuses.
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