PPAS 3136 Lecture Notes - Victoria Charter, First Amendment To The United States Constitution, Originalism

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 3136
• Professor: Sirvan Karimi

Document Summary

Quiet revolution within quebec, a rise of new education class demand to canadian government for more power, and change of constitution (canada tried to please them ) First amendment: victoria charter (agreement to bring back canadian constitution and entrench the bill of rights but quebec rejected it) we didn"t have an amending formula because it was not needed. 1980 quebec referendum wanted political independence (trudeau promised to alter the constitution if referendum was put to a stop) bring back canada constitution (legally it is allowed, but it would be a violation of convention unwritten rules) 1982 constitution brought back a new amending formula (rules, procedures, we can change it without asking british government) and charter of rights and freedoms. There seems to be hierarchy of rights two sets of rights one that can be easily taken away by government (common rights) section 2, 7-15 through invoking section 33.