Under Section 32(1)(b), the Charter applies to which bodies in each province?

• A. The provincial police
• B. The province’s citizens
• C. The legislature and government of each province
• D. Municipal councils

Answer: (C)

The Charter’s reach is defined by who the state actions are that it can constrain. Section 32 sets out who must follow the Charter, and the subsection in question targets the provincial level of government.

Under this provision, the Charter applies to the legislature of each province and to the government of each province, in respect of matters within the province’s authority. That means both the laws the province makes and the actions of its executive branch must comply with Charter rights. It’s about state action, not private individuals acting privately.

Why the other options don’t fit: the Charter isn’t described as applying to “the province’s citizens” as the subject bound by Charter limits—rights operate to restrict government action, not to bind private citizens in general. And municipal councils aren’t named in this subsection; they function as part of provincial governance and can be constrained by the Charter when acting in a governmental capacity, but the binding bodies specified here are the provincial legislature and the provincial government.

So, the best fit is: the legislature and government of each province.