POLSCI 1G06 Lecture 4: Janauary 23, 2014 - The Canadian Constitution .doc
31 Dec 2014
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Constitutions outline the bedrock principles of a state. Technically speaking, the canadian constitution is not a single document. Rather, it is made up of a number of different components, some written and some unwritten. Sources: the constitution act, 1867 (formerly british north america act, 1867) While it lays out many of the foundations of the canadian state it is silent on others. It is brief on executive power and the judiciary (nothing explicit on pm) It offers very little explicit protection of individual rights (unlike us bill of rights) It does not contain any express provisions by which it can be amended: amendments to constitution act, 1867 (most by british parliament, some by canadian. Parliament: british statutes and orders in council, organic canadian statutes, constitution act, 1982. It is in the constitution act, 1982 that we find the charter of rights and freedoms: judicial decisions.
