POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Linguistic Rights, Charter Of The French Language, Parliamentary Sovereignty
5 Mar 2014
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Parliamentary supremacy: parliament is the ultimate source of authority. In canada, we always had limited parliamentary supremacy. Constitutional supremacy: constitution is the ultimate source of supremacy, entails judicial review. Canada has made the transition from (limited) parliamentary. Before the charter: the canadian bill of rights. Adopted by the conservative party: more conservative view of the canadian political community. Contained many of the rights that would be in the charter: freedom of speech, religion, life, liberty, and security. Significant limits: more of an orientation/aspiration document than a document with legal force. The constitution act of 1982 and the charter of rights and freedom. *until 1982, every time canada wanted to modify its constitution, it had to get permission from the british parliament. Constitution act of 1982: part 1: charter of rights and freedom, part 2: rights of aboriginal peoples, part 3: equalization, part 5: procedure for amending the constitution.
