Political Science 3332F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Parliamentary Sovereignty, R V Drybones, Freedom Of Movement
4 Feb 2019
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Pre charter, canadians had little enforceable rights. Parliamentary supremacy - elected officials had power to make, amend, repeal statutes. Cabinet ministers would make laws calls regulations. Canadians started to disagree w the notion that politicians should have so much power over laws. Reasons for shift from parliamentary supremacy to constitutional supremacy. Exisiting civil liberties were increasingly being preceived as inadequte. Legislators and public servants" choices were being seen as giving the short shrift to individual liberties. Un and other supranational bodies fostered new awareness for rights and freedoms in canada. New groups were demanding that our governments live up to their commitments under the universal declaration of human rights. Canadian elected a pm with the determination and political resources to entrench a strong charter of rights with explicit judical remedies for its violation. Trudeau saw constitutionally defending language and mobility rights as the best defense against provincial demands for autonomy - especially qc.
