SOSC 3360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: R V Drybones, Indian Act, Pierre Trudeau
8 Jan 2018
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Judicial review: judges review what the government decided to do. America = bill of rights restriction on government to do certain things. 1960s = canada gets the bill of rights. Oiefenbaker concerned with the government power. Only covered actions of the federal government, not provincial. Not entrenched nothing that made the bill of rights supreme over other laws no particular power. 1970s 2 cases where bill of rights was actually used: v. drybones. Indian act anyone drinking outside reservation could go to jail no law equivalent if a non- aboriginal person discrimination. People concerned about discrimination in the indian act = test case case other people take on don"t pay the la(cid:449)yers or take part in the (cid:272)ase: v. lavell + bedford. Indian act when a status indian women married a non status man she loses status. Opposite for non-status women marrying a status indian man gained status.
