POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Constitution Act, 1982, Canada Act 1982, The Unwritten
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Westminster through the british parliament: this law declared that in the future, the british parliament would never pass another amendment to the bna act except at the request, and with the prior consent, of the canadian government. Only the government of canada on behalf of the country, and not provinces, could request an amendment to the bna act from britain. Give their consent to an amendment proposed by the federal. ***iron law of canadian politics: every pm wants to be seen with royals**: under the statute of westminster, the british government retained formal control over the bna. Act, a law passed by the british parliament: after 1931 the bna act remained a british law, but in 1931 the british made it clear: once canadians could agree on an amending formula, the. British government would hand over control of the bna act to canada, once and for all. In a substantive sense, of course, we were an independent country.
