POL111H5 Lecture 4: Constitutions con't
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Pol111 class 5 lecture 4 constitutions con"t. Canada like other colonies created by british empire, must get control of their constitution in order to become independent. Pm trudeau" constitution act, 1982 had the first ever amending formula for the written constitution. The canada act was the law passed by canadian gov"t, it included a declaration which said that the british would never again pass a law amending the bna act. After 1982, the only amendment to the constitution can be made by. This is why we call the 1982 process the patriation of the constitution. We canadians brought our constitution home: britain gave up its right to amend the bna act. She"s the queen of the uk & queen of canada at the same time! In the parliamentary system for bills passed by parliament to become law, they must be given royal assent by the queen (or her stand-in, the governor general)
