POLI 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Indian Act, Veto, Imagined Community
2 Apr 2018
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The formal constitutional amending rules are set up in 1982- 7-50 rule- 7 provinces and 50% of the pop plus the federal government the political problem is that it does not give quebec a veto. Some coalition that excludes quebec when making a decision. This has not been changed- any statute of parliament cannot change this because you need unanimity. It is the conditions under which the federal government will utilize their veto under the default rule. We will only agree to a constitutional amendment where the default rule applies under the following conditions; that the 5 region rule be met. 2 provinces from prairies and 2 from atlantic canada. There you have- if you meet the conditions of the 5 region rule you will meet the conditions of the 7/50 rule. This only exists as long as the statute exists and it can be taken out by any parliament.
