POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Justin Trudeau, Constitution Of The United Kingdom, Constitutionalism
2 Apr 2018
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2006: gov of paul martin was given vote of non-confidence, but he just ignored it. Topic 2: the constitution as a master institution. Canada was founded on a supreme law known as the british north america act (bnaa) Constitution is not a single document, is a number of written and unwritten rules of political conduct: entrenched. Institutions involve roles that are determined by rules. 2 conceptual distinctions: the dignified -> symbolic power, the efficient -> hard power. 3 relationships that are supposed to be outlined in the constitution: executive and branches of gov, between the legislative bodies (hoc + gov, senate + gov + hoc, levels/orders of gov (federal provincial) Developments of constitutional conflict in canada stems from the ownership of the constitution: emerging convention that there will be no major constitutional change without a referendum (quebec referendums + federal referendum of 92 set precedent)
