— The language of the Fourteenth Amendment requires the provision of due process when an interest in one's "life, liberty or property" is threatened. It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Health Canada participated in the Programs and Services Transfer Agreement negotiations as required. Their situation is distinguishable from one where an individual is stopped or detained in the course of his activities within Canada. We'll fill out this notion of "insufficient reason" in the coming weeks, that's the core doctrinal question in equal protection law. Shipping Federation of Canada submission, p. We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. Jewish Canadians have made incredible contributions across Canada, and their work has also been recognized in our own province.