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STATEMENT OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
by Garry Breitkreuz, MP (Yorkton-Melville)

Every Canadian citizen and every permanent resident of Canada has the duty and 
the responsibility;

  (a) 	to contribute to the defence of Canada from attack, whether by a foreign 
power or by insurrection from within;

  (b)	to abide by the Constitution of Canada, to respect, comply with and uphold 
the laws of this country, and to obey and assist the authorities who enforce 
those laws;

  (c)  	to render assistance in cases of emergency or calamity or in circumstances 
likely to endanger the existence or well-being of all or part of the population 
of Canada;

  (d)  	to responsibly exercise his or her rights and freedoms as an individual 
while having due regard for, and without restricting, the rights and freedoms 
of others;

  (e)  	to vote in elections and referendums, and participate in civic affairs 
within the limits and conditions established by law;

  (f)  	to pay his or her fair share of taxes, within the limits and conditions 
established by law; 

  (g)  	to receive education and training under the conditions and in the manner 
provided by law, in order to meet his or her personal obligations to family, to 
the community and to society as a whole;

  (h)  	to provide the necessities of life to his or her children and to educate 
and protect them until they are adults;

  (i)  	to bear financial responsibility for the crimes committed by his or her 
children that are the result of inadequate parental control and supervision;

  (j) 	to support and protect his or her parents in case of need and to the extent 
of his or her means, particularly when they are old and unable to work;

  (k) 	to assist and support other members of his or her immediate family in case 
of need, to the extent of his or her means; 

  (l) 	to do their fair share for society and to not take advantage of other 
people or the State;

  (m) 	to endeavour to meet his or her own needs before taking advantage of any 
program, grant or loan by government;

  (n) 	to work in accordance with his or her capacity to do so, and to not apply 
for assistance from the government until he or she is destitute and unable to 
work because of disability, age or ill-health, and when no support is available 
from family, private charities and non-governmental organizations;

  (o) 	to comply with a personal code-of-conduct, behaviour and life-style that 
will not cause him or her to become a burden to his or her family, to the community 
or to society as a whole; and

  (p) 	to respect the rights and freedoms of others, and conduct himself or herself 
in an honest and fair manner so as to contribute to the well-being of his or her 
family, community, province, and Canadian society as a whole.

AFFIRMATION

I have read and understand my duties and responsibilities as a citizen 
and resident of Canada.  I hereby affirm that I have in the past and will 
in the future fulfil all my duties and responsibilities.  I am therefore 
entitled to the full protection under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms 
and to the benefits, program and/or service for which I have applied.  I 
also understand that there is a penalty for making a false statement 
under the Canadian Charter of Duties and Responsibilities.



Signed:____________________  at ________________________________

 	     	(date)			  	(city/town)



Signature: _________________________________________


Witness: __________________________________________