POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Victoria Charter, Liberal Democracy
23 Dec 2012
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Ch art er of right s: canada liberal democracy. Limited gov"t: system of gov"t where gov"t powers limited. Nobody can tell you what to do; it is right. Source of gov"t power independent of any other power. Neither level subordinate; need something above both. If feds can"t legislate, province can; and vice versa. Can do it, no one can stop it from happening. Canada respects rights; but gov"t could legally violate them. Enshrining bill of rights, deviates point of. Problem: wasn"t constitutional doc; regular piece of legislation. If conflicted with another piece of gov"t. No say of one conflicting the other. Interpret it in such way; legal reasoning. Worked for period of time, took maternity leave; when returned, fired. Had to ask british gov"t, had to ask them. Entrench bill of rights to protect individual freedoms. Goal 2: entrenchment of bill of rights. On and que veto over constitutional things; if 1 didn"t agree, can"t change.
