Options for a New Canada / / ed. by Ronald Watts, Douglas Brown.

The sharp and overwhelming reaction in Quebec to the failure of the Meech Lake Accord has been unprecedented public support for sovereignty and practically no support for the current form of Canadian federalism. This has led to renewed demands for a major constitutional restructuring which, if unsuc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©1991
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
  • INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • NOTES ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. An Overview
  • II. An Outline of the Options
  • 2. Canada's Constitutional Options: An Outline
  • III. The Context
  • 3. The Context for Future Constitutional Options
  • 4. Shared and Divergent Values
  • 5. Constitutional Change and the Three Equalities
  • IV. Basic Options and Processes
  • 6. Quebec Beyond the Federal Regime of 1867-1982: From Distinct Society to National Community
  • 7. Options for the Future of Canada: the Good, the Bad, and the Fantastic
  • 8. Towards a New Constitutional Process
  • 9. Riding the Constitutional Rollercoaster: A Commentary
  • 10. Alternative Methods for Aboriginal Participation in Processes of Constitutional Reform
  • V. Models for Future Structures
  • 11. European Integration: Are There Lessons for Canada?
  • 12. Other Federal and Nonfederal Countries: Lessons for Canada
  • VI. Areas of Adjustinent
  • 13. Constitutional Design in a Federation: An Economist's Perspective
  • 14. Distribution of Functions and Jurisdiction: A Political Scientist's Analysis
  • 15. Equality or Asymmetry: Why Choose?
  • 16. The Federative Superstructure
  • 17. Areas of Adjustment: A Lawyer's Perspective