The purpose of this section is to make it clear that the Charter only applies to governments, and not to private individuals, businesses or other organizations.

The Charter does not directly apply to the common law unless it is the basis of some governmental action.

La Forest began by considering the question of whether the Canadian Charter applied to municipalities.

The Court unanimously held that the Charter did apply.

The question of how the Charter applies to Aboriginals and Aboriginal government has involved section 25.

Section 30's particular role is to address how the Charter applies in the territories of Canada.

Now he suddenly explains that the Charter of Fundamental Rights should not apply in his country.

In that situation, the Charter does apply, but not in absolute terms.

However, this interpretation needed to be reconciled with section 32 which states that the Charter should apply only to Parliament and legislatures.

The Court gave preference to section 32 and stated that the Charter will apply to common law only where the government is involved.