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	Constitution of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law in Canada.
		In the case of an amendment related to the Office of the Queen, the number of senators, the use of either official language (subject to section 43), or the composition of the Supreme Court, the amendment must be adopted by unanimous consent of all the provinces in accordance with section 41.
		However, in the case of an amendment related to provincial boundaries or the use of an official language within a province alone, the amendment must be passed by the legislatures affected by the amendment (section 43).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitution_of_Canada (1356 words)

	Constitution Act, 1982 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Constitution Act, 1982 (Schedule B of the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.)) is a part of the Constitution of Canada.
		The amendment must be passed by the House of Commons, the Senate, and at least two-thirds of the provincial legislatures representing at least 50% of the population.
		The amendment must be passed by the House of Commons, the Senate, and the legislative assemblies of those provinces that are affected by the amendment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitution_Act,_1982 (1013 words)

	Nelson - Political Science-Canadian Politics on the Web/The Constitution of Canada
		Constitution Act, 1985 (Representation) permitted future changes to the distribution of seats for Parliament to be done by ordinary statute.
		Constitution Amendment Proclamation, 1993 (Prince Edward Island) cleared the way for the "fixed link" bridge to replace ferry services to P.E.I. Constitution Amendment Proclamation, 1997 (Newfoundland Act) allowed the Province of Newfoundland to create a secular school system to replace the church-based education system.
		Constitution Amendment, 1997 (Quebec) permitted the province to replace the denominational school boards with ones organized on linguistic lines.
	www.nelson.com /nelson/polisci/constitution.html (1185 words)

	Part III - Argument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		THE CONSTITUTION OF CANADA AND SECESSION OF A PROVINCE
		The position of the Attorney General of Canada is that the secession of a province from the Canadian federation – whatever this might entail and however it might be accomplished – could under no circumstances be achieved by a mere amendment to the constitution of the seceding province.
		Although it is entirely consistent with Canada's federal nature that the Constitution should provide the provinces with the unilateral power to amend their own constitutions in respect of matters wholly internal to the province, it is no less essential that this power be a limited one, confined to matters of provincial concern.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/news/nr/1997/factum/part3.html (4919 words)

	Wikinfo \| Canada Act 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Canada Act 1982 is an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament that severed virtually all remaining constitutional and legislative ties between the United Kingdom and Canada.
		The Canada Act 1982 was signed into law by Her Majesty Elizabeth II Queen of Canada on a rainy April 17, 1982 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
		While the Canada Act 1982 received the Royal Assent on March 29, 1982 in London it was not until the Queen came to Canada that the Constitution Act, 1982, its Canadian equivalent, was proclaimed by Letters patent as a statutory instrument by the Queen on her state visit to Canada.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Canada_Act_1982 (1090 words)

	Constitutional Act, 1982
		Where an amendment is made under subsection 38(1) that transfers provincial legislative powers relating to education or other cultural matters from provincial legislatures to Parliament, Canada shall provide reasonable compensation to any province to which the amendment does not apply.
		A constitutional conference composed of the Prime Minister of Canada and the first ministers of the provinces shall be convened by the Prime Minister of Canada within fifteen years after this Part comes into force to review the provisions of this Part.
		Where any portion of the Constitution of Canada has been or is enacted in English and French or where a French version of any portion of the Constitution is enacted pursuant to section 55, the English and French versions of that portion of the Constitution are equally authoritative.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/const/annex_e.html (3659 words)

	The Constitution Act, 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A constitutional conference of the Prime Minister of Canada and the first ministers shall be convened by the Prime Minister of Canada within fifteen years after this Part comes into force to review the provisions of this Part.
		PART VI (1) The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect.
		Constitution Act, 1867, and the references to the Manitoba Act, 1870, in the footnote thereto.
	www.solon.org /Constitutions/Canada/English/ca_1982.html (4935 words)

	The Constitution Act, 1982
		Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.
		The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect.
		Amendments to the Constitution of Canada shall be made only in accordance with the authority contained in the Constitution of Canada.
	www.ownlife.com /tax/ca_1982.html (5430 words)

	Canadian Constitutional Documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Proposal of the amendment was approved by provincial referendum in the Fall of 1995.
		Constitution Act 1867, which excludes Quebec from the section relating to the organization of schools in the province (section 93).
		Amends the Constitution Act, 1867, to raise the number of senators to 105 from 104, to allow Nunavut to be represented by one Senator.
	www.solon.org /Constitutions/Canada/English (2858 words)

	ThisNation.com--Canada: Consolidation of the Constitution Acts, 1967 to 1982
		The enactments of the United Kingdom Parliament or the Parliament of Canada, and Orders in Council admitting territories, referred to in the footnotes, may be found in Appendix II to the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, and in the annual volumes of the statutes of Canada.
		The Yukon Territory as bounded and described in the schedule to chapter Y-2 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, shall be entitled to one member, and the Northwest Territories as bounded and described in section 2 of chapter N-22 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, shall be entitled to two members.
		The procedures for amendment under sections 38, 41, 42 and 43 may be initiated either by the Senate or the House of Commons or by the legislative assembly of a province.
	www.thisnation.com /library/canada.html (10357 words)

	Response of Pierre.-E. Trudeau to the letter of Lévesque, December 1, 1981 - Quebec History
		Indeed, in reaching the conclusion that the existing conventional rule was one of "a substantial measure of provincial consent," the Court was expressly reject-ing the argument of the unanimity principle advanced by all provinces except New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
		That formula provided that constitutional amendments would require the consent of Parliament and seven provinces representing at least 85 percent of the population.
		Nevertheless, despite your persistent refusal, the Government of Canada, with the agreement of the other nine provinces, modified the amending formula agreed upon on November 5 to provide for financial compensation to a province which opts out of an amendment related to education or other cultural matters.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/docs/patriate/3.htm (1400 words)

	ICL - Canada - Constitution Act 1982
		The government of Canada and the provincial governments are committed to the principal that, before any amendment is made to Class 24 of Section 91 of the "Constitution Act, 1867", to Section 25 of this act or to this part,
		Where an amendment is made under Section 38 (1) that transfers provincial legislative powers relating to education or other cultural matters from provincial legislatures to Parliament, Canada shall provide reasonable compensation to any province to which the amendment does not apply.
		This act may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1982, and the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1975 and this act may be cited together as the Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/ca02000_.html (3646 words)

	uni.ca - AG Canada's Factum
		the Constitution contains a comprehensive set of procedures by which it may be amended, and sets out the circumstances in which a province — including the province of Quebec — may amend the Constitution of Canada unilaterally.
		Secession in the Context of the Constitution of Canada
		The position of the Attorney General of Canada is that the secession of a province from the Canadian federation — whatever this might entail and however it might be accomplished — could under no circumstances be achieved by a mere amendment to the constitution of the seceding province.
	www.uni.ca /question1.html (4895 words)

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		This consolidation contains the text of the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act, 1867), together with amendments made to it since its enactment, and the text of the Constitution Act, 1982, as amended by the Constitution Amendment Proclamation 1983.
		Amendments to provincial enactments are not referred to: these may be readily found by consulting the indexes to provincial statutes.
		English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institution of the Parliament and government of Canada.
	www.constitution.org /cons/canada.htm (10385 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Meech Lake Accord
		The accord was negotiated at a meeting between Mulroney and provincial premiers at Meech Lake in the Gatineau Hills in 1987.
		Because the accord would have changed the constitution's amending formula, it needed the unanimous consent of all provincial and federal legislative houses within three years before being proclaimed into law.
		It failed to be ratified in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly when Elijah Harper filibustered until the deadline expired.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Meech_Lake_Accord (322 words)

	Meech Lake Accord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Meech Lake Accord was a set of failed constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Canada proposed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Robert Bourassa premier of Quebec.
		It was designed to induce Quebec to accept the Canada Act.
		Because the accord would have changed the amending formula it needed the unanimous consent all provincial and federal legislative houses before proclaimed into law.
	www.freeglossary.com /Meech_Lake_Accord (253 words)

	Canada. Consolidation of the Constitution Acts, 1967 to 1982.
		In the case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.
		(2) The Yukon Territory as constituted by Chapter forty-one of the Statutes of Canada, 1901, together with any Part of Canada not comprised within a province which may from time to time be included therein by the Parliament of Canada for the purposes of representation in Parliament, shall be entitled to one member.
		(2) The Yukon Territory as constituted by chapter forty-one of the statutes of Canada, 1901, shall be entitled to one member, and such other part of Canada not comprised within a province as may from time to time be defined by the Parliament of Canada shall be entitled to one member.
	www.resdal.org /Archivo/d000001c.htm (13054 words)

	CANADA CONSTITUTION ACT 1982
		The different treatment to which the appellant objects thus may not be discrimination at all: Conway v.
		Canada (Attorney General), [1993] 2 S.C.R. [Title 10] General
		(c) any amendment to any Act or order referred to in Paragraph (a) or (b).
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Lobby/6107/Canada/cca.html (615 words)

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