POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Responsible Government, Royal Assent, Quebec Act

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Constitution- what really constitutes the state- does canada make sense without this law, (cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373), o(cid:396) p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple?". Some things are clearly constitutional e. g. bna, conventions murkier. Initially followed britian- bna act was major piece of legislation that formed the. Cndn state but was dependent on unwritten britain conventions: e. g. p(cid:396)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)es ha(cid:448)e (cid:374)o (cid:449)(cid:396)itte(cid:374) do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)t o(cid:374) ho(cid:449) thei(cid:396) p(cid:396)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ial go(cid:448)"s (cid:449)o(cid:396)k, (cid:271)ut wrong to say there is no constitution. Everyone understands how premier is elected and so on. No act that articulates that but very clear how it works. May 9/2017: key to understanding conventions is that consequences are political. Constitutional conventions well understood and to break with them is impossible. The division of powers: consts are important for setting out the division of powers. Pre-confederation documents: royal proclamation 1763, set up quebec for the first time, establishes the principles of aboriginal first nations, most importantly surrounding the alienation of land. May 9/2017: perhaps most importantly it introduced linguistic and cultural duality.

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