POLS 4060 Lecture Notes - Unit, Clarity Act, Charlottetown Accord

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Unit 2: the canadian constition and its rules. Provincial constitution amendment section 45 done by simple statutory amendments. What is bill 96: qe wants to add clauses to the constitution, stating that qe is a nation and its official language in french. Provinces can proceed unilaterally to amend the provincial constitution. Amending provincial constitutions: making laws that amend only the provincial constitution: provincial legislature may amend, done through statutory enactments. So the statutory enactment in qe case would be to state that qe is a nation and french as the official language. Federal government only supports qe because they are at a minority government they need qe support and votes, so they don"t want topis them off. Impacts canada"s economy doing business in french, all litigation must be filed in french and english, pay for translation in you speak english in legal proceedings: used notwithstanding clause.

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