LAWS 2502 Lecture Notes - Invisible Hand, Indian Act, Freedom Of Movement
1 Mar 2014
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Bna act forms the basic structure of canada"s political institution. Canada operates as a federal state, while the uk is a unitary state. It is a constitutional monarchy the head of the state is still the queen of england who represented by the governor general under the. Parliamentary supremacy is where parliament is supreme, whereas constitutional supremacy is there are more restrictions (although parliament in canada can make amendments to the constitution). A federal state is comprised of shared sovereignty. In canada, autonomous duties are relegated to the provincial and the national legislatures. The canadian bill of right 1960 was the first legislative attempt to protect individual rights. Prime minister john diefenbaker; interpreted narrowly and not constitutionally entrenched. The canada act of 1982 patriates the canadian constitution (uk statue) it is one of the only uk legislation that has french in it. The british empire was strengthened through the use of strategic settlement process known as settler colonialism.
