POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Patriation, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Royal Assent
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Community and identity: a constitution establishes a community, things that establish the community feel are things like having the same national passport or being able to vote in the same election. Constitution was because they wanted to recognize quebec as a distinct society . *meech lake reforms this was a list of amendments to the constitution that was intended to persuade the government of quebec to endorse the constitution al amendment. This amendment would make it so that the constitution would be purely. It was however rejected because people felt that by giving quebec the title of a distinct society would be giving them special status. Canada"s constitution: the canadian constitution consist of a series of laws passes between 1867 and. 1982; it is longer and more detailed than the united states constitution : nonetheless, like most things in life the constitution is flawed. It does not provide full details about how the constitution actually works.