POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Meech Lake Accord, Constitution Act, 1982, Manitoba Act
7 Dec 2016
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Night of long knives: quebec getting screwed by the rest of canada. The charter era and the protection of rights. Combine the british westminster system and federalism. Executive power: majority of the power is exercised here. Legislative power: executive power always trumps legislative power. The federal and provincial government having joint control over agriculture and immigration. Judiciary: supreme court of canada not explicitly established, it is a constitutional convention. Major trends of the development of the country - province creation. Ownership of natural resources transferred to western provinces, 1930. Newfoundland act, 1949: also federal power extended in concurrent field of old age pensions, 1964. Rupert"s land and north-western territory order, 1870: hudson"s bay company lands transferred to canada. Prince edward island terms of union, 1873. Adjacent territories order, 1880: arctic islands. When asked about other provisions or statutes be aware of this statute. Statue of westminster, 1931: this was to make canada totally independent of britain.
