Mobility RightsU.K.
Mobility of citizensU.K.
6(1)Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada.
(2)[Rights to move and gain livelihood] Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada has the right
(a)to move to and take up residence in any province; and
(b)to pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province.
(3)[Limitation] The rights specified in subsection (2) are subject to
(a)any laws or practices of general application in force in a province other than those that discriminate among persons primarily on the basis of province of present or previous residence; and
(b)any laws providing for reasonable residency requirements as a qualification for the receipt of publicly provided social services.
(4)[Affirmative action programs] Subsections (2) and (3) do not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration in a province of conditions of individuals in that province who are socially or economically disadvantaged if the rate of employment in that province is below the rate of employment in Canada.