POLS 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unanimous Consent, Patriation, Victoria Charter

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3140
• Professor: Dave Snow

Document Summary

1976: rene (pq) comes to power promising secession reference, 1980: trudeau returned to power: p(cid:396)o(cid:373)ises (cid:862)(cid:396)e(cid:374)e(cid:449) fede(cid:396)alis(cid:373)(cid:863) of que(cid:271)e(cid:272) (cid:448)otes no, 1980: levesque loses referendum (59. 6% no to 40. 4%) Otta(cid:449)a a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)es fail to ag(cid:396)ee o(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:396)e(cid:374)e(cid:449)ed fede(cid:396)alis(cid:373)(cid:863) October 2nd, 1980: trudeau says he will proceed unilaterally with. The people(cid:859)s pa(cid:272)kage: amending formula (cid:894)(cid:862)pat(cid:396)iatio(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895) unilateral partiation. Future votes will still need 7 provinces and a over 50% vote to pass an amendment: charter of rights applyi(cid:374)g to fede(cid:396)al a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ial go(cid:448)(cid:859)t. 2 provinces in favor: ontario and new brunswick, the rest against (gang of eight) Three of 8 (mb, nl, qc) submit reference questions to courts of appeal. Class questions (part ii: was the (cid:862)ga(cid:374)g of eight(cid:859) (cid:396)ight to de(cid:373)a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)ous (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t, what do you thi(cid:374)k a(cid:271)out a (cid:858)que(cid:271)e(cid:272) (cid:448)eto(cid:859) as a fou(cid:374)di(cid:374)g pa(cid:396)t(cid:374)e(cid:396) (cid:894)(cid:374)atio(cid:374)? (cid:895) i(cid:374) confederation. Whether of constitution act, 1981 (1982) affects the deferral provincial relationship or provincial powers: 1: federal-p(cid:396)o(cid:448)(cid:859)t (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship.