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Newspapers should not invade ones privacy rights. It should not focus on the personal details but the problem itself. For example if someone famous dies of aids, it is the issue of that person’s death that is discussed in the newspaper, not the issue of him dying of aids. If one’s personal details are a factor in changing or the source of the problem then it is a responsibility to share the details to solve the problem. Though only the details needed to solve the problem. Names should only be provided if one has commited a crime, as they are part of the problem.
Sources I used:http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2005/june/06_03_2005_cardinal.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Cardinal
http://www.sicc.sk.ca/saskindian/a85jul05.htm
Dr. Harold Cardinal was a Cree writer, lawyer, and political leader. He was the leader of the Indian Association of Alberta for 9 terms and later served as the chief for his home community of Sucker Creek Indian Band.
Cardinal helped created the Prairie Treaty Nations Alliance which helped the Indians of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta voice their opinion and stay as a distinct group. Cardinal wrote the book The Unjust Society in response when Jean Chretien introduced the “White Paper”, which would assimilate the Native peoples into the Canadian population, and neglect the Indian Act. He was also the main author of the Indian Association of Alberta’s response to the “White Paper”, the “Red Paper” Later he wrote the book The Rebirth of Canada’s Indians.
This was important because it helped Indians stay as a distinct group. His books spread much political influence through out Canada for the Indians. Had the “White Paper” been enacted, the Indian Act, which concerned the Indians and their rights and is beyond the challenge of the law by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, would have been entirely neglected and Indians would be just another minority group.
Cardinal was born in 1945 and rose to be the president of the Indian Association of Alberta at the age of 23. At 1969 the book The Unjust Society was published and the second book, The Rebirth of Canada’s Indians at 1977.
