HIST 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Roy Mcmurtry, Patriation, Aboriginal Title
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Hist 235 the constitution act & charter of rights, 1982 (cid:862)ma(cid:396)(cid:396)iage e(cid:395)uality (cid:449)as politi(cid:272)ally i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le(cid:863: liberals were fighting against gay marriage. Federal government - trade & commerce, currency, banking, military, treaties, Indigenous affairs: confederation was tense, messy alliance between politicians & colonies that didn"t trust each other (founding canadian notions, 3 problems w/ pre-1982 constitution: Founding national emotion of suspicion: 1976 - provincial election in quebec, most important political shift, began long earthquake in canadian politics, had huge ramifications b/c part of pq platform wanted sovereignty association. Summer 1978 & end of 1979 - no fewer than 12 major provincial meetings for constitution (none led to anything: by 1979 - clear levesque would not make deal before holding referendum in may. Some provinces responded by launching court cases asking if he had that power: cases ended up in patriation reference case. Stakes were high - if supreme court said trudeau had power to take reforms to.
