POLS 303 Lecture Notes - Canada Temperance Act, War Measures Act

• School: U of S
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 303
• Professor: Joe Garcea

Document Summary

Series of cases from 1920s and 1930s. o. The jcpc continues to narrow the scope of pogg. The feds passed eight new laws to address the great depression. Jcpc overturned all national issues based on idea that they were based on property. Government argued that the impugned legislation can be supported under pogg. Government also argued that part of feds power, treaties signed domestically can be considered international law. The idea of a watertight component is starting to leak. The complexity of policy issues today suggests it could not have happened. Pogg has been broadened in scope since 1949. Feds launch a comprehensive program to tackle inflation. Public sector unions launch a challenge anti-inflation program. Feds look to scc for clarity and argue: o o. Inflation is a problem of inherent national concern. Falls under the national dimensions branch of pogg. The 1927 canada temperance act essentially came as canada temperance act,