What is Women's Charter?

Why doesn't the Canadian Charter apply to your parents?

• I was reading a booklet on rights of students, and I came across this: Section 32 states that the Charter applies to dealings between an individual or group and the federal, provincial and municipal government and their designated agencies or agents. So, you can invoke your Charter rights when you deal with the police, but you can’t use a Charter argument against your mother (well, you can try, but you won’t win in court). ----- Why can't one use Charter arguments against their mother? I don't really understand that part. I know parents have certain rights over you, like they don't need your permission to search your room when you are living with them, but is that last sentence implying that not a single argument in the Charter can be used against your mother in Court? And for the record, this is just a hypothetical question, I have nothing against my parents nor do I have any intentions of using a Charter argument against my mother, I'm just wondering what this means.

• Answer:

  It's the same deal, but perhaps a bit clearer, as with the Bill of Rights in the United States. It's all about the interaction between private citizens and their government. The Canadian Charter, just like the Constitution of the United States, is intended to protect the rights of citizens from encroachment by the government. There's very little in either of those documents about how private citizens may interact with each other.