POLS 3135 Chapter Notes -Canada Temperance Act, Ultra Vires, Reference Question
13 Oct 2013
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Attorney general of ontario v. attorney general of canada (local prohibition. Significance: one of the first cases to detail the core principles of peace, order, and. Good government (pogg) by the judicial committee of the privy council (jcpc). Issue: whether the province of ontario had authority to enact the provisions of the. Canada temperance act of 1878 (which was an act by the parliament of canada which provided an option for municipalities to take part in a direct vote that would see a prohibitionary scheme enacted. ) Background: with the canada temperance act in mind, the province of ontario pass an act that was very similar to it in content. Out of this issue of competition between ontario and the federal government to regulate the consumption and sale of liquor came the litigation case known as huson v. south norwich (a small town in.
