POLS 3135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Confederation, Lower Canada, Quebec Act
7 Dec 2018
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Week 2- canadian state, federalism and the constitution. Canada: concluded: assimilate french canadians, rejected by the british empire, why not combine lower and upper canada, accepted by britain, 1840 act union - combined upper and lower canada into a single entity. The constitution: constitution: rules on how society is governed. Imposes limitations on the actions of the government: they should be accountable to the rule of law, best way to protect the rights of an individual, entrench a charter of rights and freedoms, entrench a bill of rights. Quest for constitutional change- search for amending formula: 1867-1931: no amending formula, or knowledge on how to change the constitution, british parliament would have to change it by request. Quiet revolution of quebec: transformation of quebec nationalism, the intensification of conflict between canada and quebec, quebec became more demanding, assertive, etc Increased jurisdiction over immigration: member in manitoba assembly was an aboriginal because there was nothing about.
