POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: English Canada, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Unemployment Benefits
17 Sep 2018
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Review: persons case: section 23, bna 1867, jcpc agreed to let women sit on the senate, constitutional pillars, conventions, unwritten rules, federalism, law, charter, laws that allow people to go to court. Francophones are the majority: sections 91-94, does not mention quebec, has its own civil code. In english canada: focus on individual rights as a whole. How the constitution changes: formal amendment (constitution act, 1940, bna 1867 responsible for labour, relief, and other federal issues, province and legislature get together and decided employment insurance is a federal issue. Formal amendment: constitution act 1982, section 52, constitution of canada is the supreme law of canada, acts and orders. Section 41: unanimity: office of the queen, governor general, or lg, no fewer province senators than provincial mps, use of french and english (subject to section 43, composition of supreme court, changing the amending formulae.
