POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Quebec Referendum, 1980, Patriation, Parliamentary System
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The constitution act, 1867, was the law passed by the british parliament that joined nova scotia, new. Brunswick, ontario, and quebec together as the new dominion of canada. Organic" canadian statutes are laws passed by the parliament of canada that are of special or quasi- constitutional status. The constitution act, 1982 was the last amendment to the 1867 constitution act to be passed by the. Although canada was completely self-governing after 1931, many amendments to the 1867 act still had to be made by the british parliament because no formula had been developed to do so in canada. Constitutional conventions are defined as unwritten rules of constitutional behaviour that are considered to be binding by and on those who operate the constitution but that are not enforceable by the courts. The charlottetown accord had four main parts: the canada clause, a triple-e senate, aboriginal self- government, and changes to the divisions of powers.
