POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Minority Language, Amen, Supreme Court Act
14 Oct 2015
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Sources: the constitution act, 1867 (formerly british north america act, 1867, lays out many foundations of canadian state, it is silent on others, brief on executive power and the judiciary (nothing explicit on pm, nothing about. Statute of westminster, 1937: organic canadian statutes, supreme court act, more general rules that bind governments- not just about day to day issues- they"re. Indian act more important: constitution act, 1982, judicial decisions of the constitution, signed by every province except quebec- it"s bound by it but they still didn"t sign it. They define the basic nature of the state and the distribution of political power, so. There are 3 primary political tensions that have driven constitutional change in canada: the role of the provinces in amending the constitution, until 1982, the constitution could only b amended via a canadian request to the. British parliament: prior to "82, on what basis was the pm entitled to make that request?- problem with.
