Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Absolute Liability, R V Drybones, Parliamentary Sovereignty
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That the law itself was discriminatory and therefore in violation of the canadian. The dissenting opinion saw the bill as a guarantee of procedural rights only: when you get a hearing it must be a fair one, and the court does not have the authority to declare laws inoperative. What is the difference between the canadian bill of rights and the. The canadian bill of rights is an ordinary federal statute, it can be amended or repealed by an ordinary act of parliament. Act 1982, it can only be changed by the special amending formula found in the. The notion that only parliament has the power the enact legislation and make laws, and parliament has the power to make any law it wants. Clearly the dissenting opinion of justice pigeon endorses this view. Motor vehicles act offend the charter of rights and.