Canada and the Constitution 1979–1982 /

Canada and the Constitution 1979–1982 / / Edward McWhinney.

The debate over ‘renewing’ Canadian federalism in response to the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in Quebec and the more recent economic demands of English-speaking provinces forms part of a great response to the challenging problem of rebuilding the federal system and the Canadian constitution in an attempt to...

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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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McWhinney, Edward,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1982
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: from dualism to regionalism
  • 1. Constitutional interlude 1979-80
  • 2. Constitutional parameters
  • 3. The Quebec referendum
  • 4. Federal-provincial diplomacy summer 1980
  • 5. Unilateral federal action
  • 6. The patriation package
  • 7. Cutting the imperial Gordian knot
  • 8. The premiers in court
  • 9. The Supreme Court ruling
  • 10. The Guy Fawkes Day . compromise
  • 11. New players, new people's power
  • 12. The constitution and the future
  • 13. Constitutional postscript
  • Appendixes: Introductions
  • Notes
  • Index

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