 Though, it was not until Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedom was enacted in 1982, that the Armed Forces were required to consider the equality of women in the services and to permit them into all military roles.It took exactly 7 years, until 1989, for all combat roles to finally be opened to women in Canada.That same year, in 1989, the Canadian Human Rights Commission gave the Canadian Forces 10 years to meet a specific quota for women employed in the combat trades.