POLI 221 Chapter : Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution

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Have beens ignificant shifts in political values have taken place. Image formerly of a political community that was highly deferential to elite direction. Charter = symbol for the death of deference: opened up new avenues for a qualitatively different form of political participation rely less on rugged political arithmetic of majoritanism. Sense of empowerment that came from 1982 constitution and people"s attachment to it as a statement of fundamental human values. Charter responded to and nurtured an emergent rights agenda. After 1982, canadians were able to conceive their constitution as a culturally significant document instead of a somewhat esoteric guide to the allocation of governmental authority. Egregious errors bad errors in relation to the meech lake accord: meech lake was a seamless web that could not be changed . Aboriginals saw meech lake as deeply offensive to their desire to become self-governing.

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