POL214Y5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Monarchy Of Canada, The Unwritten, New Federalism
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Federalism vs. democracy: the political system combines british parliamentary system with us. Federalism: liberal democracy basic principle- representation by population where most populous provinces should get the most number of mp"s in the. Historically: this meant that the electoral base of most federal governments in ottawa has been from western canada. The constitution: unwritten and written conventions: canada falls in-between of both britain and the us with formal unwritten and written constitutions, unwritten- britain (magna carta, habeas corpus act). Original was known as the bna act of 1867, and renamed to the constitution act or canada act by trudeau. Bna act: brought together existing british colonies or provinces: ont, que, n. s. and n. b. British government to pass a law through british parliament implementing the requesting amendment: was amended by the british 14 times. In 1949, the british granted permission to the canadian government to amend the act, however only for certain purposes.
