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The Charter was intended to be a source for national values and national unity.

As Professor Alan Cairns noted, " The initial federal government premise was on developing a pan-Canadian identity.

" Trudeau himself later wrote in his Memoirs that " Canada itself " could now be defined as a " society where all people are equal and where they share some fundamental values based upon freedom ," and that all Canadians could identify with the values of liberty and equality.