POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: British Nobility, Walter Bagehot, Constitution Of The United Kingdom

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Canadianizing the office of the gg: balfour declaration (1926) Following ww1, recognizing the contributions of the british colonies to the war effort. Declared gg is not representative of queen or british government, didn"t remove powers of reservation and disallowance, but removed them from the gg: statute of westminster (1931) Declared that all colonies and dominions were not inferior to britain. Except unless specified otherwise in the statute; the british north america. Declaration from british government, that gg is given power to discharge all the powers of the queen in canada. (some say this is what made the gg the head of state in canada) Section 26 of bnaa -> allows queen to appoint extra senators, in event of deadlock in senate (not gg) Prior ggs have been minor members of british nobility: concern if picked a canadian that had some partisanship, one could support partisanship the office of the gg.

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