POL337Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: French Community Of Belgium, Government Simulation Game, Minority Language
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12:29 pm: who has the right to vote , electoral districts, situation in terms of political rights and electoral districts, state of fluctuation until the charter in 1982. Regulated prior to the charter through constitutional law. The very basic expression of political participation is the persons case of 1928 - 29. Women - didn"t have the right to vote. In the jcpc, it was ruled that adopted an originalist approach the founding fathers meant a male only senate. The world persons in the bna act meant to. Supreme court held that women should not be considered persons for the purpose of getting nominated to the senate. Jcpc would overrule the supreme court, saying women could be elected to the supreme court and were considered persons: very little happened after this until the adoption of the charter. It introduced a new era in election related litigation. Was brought to the forfront after the charter: r vs. sauve ( 1993)
