POLSCI 3NN6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Manitoba Act, Ivan Rand
7 Apr 2016
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The rule of law not actually written, but assumed in the style of the british parliament . Roncarelli v. duplessis (1959) jehovah"s witnesses in 1940s montr al threatening to undermine the foundations of quebec society, at least according to premier duplessis. Witnesses were arrested for trespass and public nuisance. Roncarelli owned a tavern and bailed the jehovah"s witnesses out of jail. Roncarelli"s tavern closed, he went bankrupt, and then sued the government of quebec and. In 1959, it goes in front of the supreme court of canada and. Justice rand explicitly acknowledges that the rule of law is binding in the style of the british parliament. The liquor control act sets out the conditions under which quebec can revoke licenses, none of which indicated anything concerning funding of activities outside of the establishment. Under this basis of law, the termination of the liquor license was unlawful.
