CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: War Measures Act, Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Root Mean Square
19 Jun 2016
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British north american act, 1867: british statute that created canada by politically joining upper and. Lower canada with nova scotia, new brunswick, and granted constitutional powers to the duly elected representatives of the canadian people: canada"s original and defining source of law. The bna act was renamed the constitution act, 1867 in 1982. Constitutional law: the rules that define and interpret the powers of federal and provincial governments and, as a consequence, establish the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Within canada"s constitution, we find the rules that define the powers f respective governments and the rights of citizens. Canada is a federal state: federal state: a number of governments within a common overarching organization. Each government retain certain exclusive powers related to income taxation, defence, and external affairs. British parliament first united the provinces of canada through the bna act.
