POLS 3140 Chapter Week 1-5: POLS 3140 Required Readings up to midterm
10 Feb 2017
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Unit 1: patriation and the charter (january 10 & 17) 1-11. , appendix: the canadian charter of rights and. The liberals under pierre trudeau returned to power in february 1980. Played a prominent role in the quebec referendum campaign, during spring 1980. Trudeau promised to work toward a constitutional restructuring of canadian federalism. Twelve areas were agreed to as priority items on the agenda of constitutional reform: 6 concerned various aspects of the federal division of powers; 2 were directed toward restructuring federal institutions (the supreme court and the. Senate); and the remaining 4 dealt with the principle of fiscal equalization, a formula for amending a patriated constitution entirely in canada, and a charter of fundamental rights and freedoms. Most provinces objected strongly; only ontario and new brunswick supported the. Trudeau government took the view that constitutional convention required the. British parliament automatically to pass any amendment to the canadian. Constitution requested by the federal parliament regardless of provincial objections.
