BLAW 150 Lecture 3: Untitled document (5)
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The constitution the constitution provides the basic skeleton or framework for canada"s legal system. Canadian society and its legal and political system. The constitution is also the highest source of law. Parliament as well as the consent of the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the provinces, which represent at least 50% of canada"s population. 11 the. Constitution implements the federal system of canada by setting out the division of powers between the federal and provincial/territorial jurisdictions, that is, by setting out the areas for which each level can create laws. The federal government also has residual power power over anything that is not otherwise mentioned, which gives it jurisdiction over areas that did not exist when the constitution was written in 1867, including telecommunications and air travel.
