Constitutional Amendment in Canada / / Paul Gérin-Lajoie.
On one of the most important and controversial matters in Canada—the drafting of an amending clause to the British North America Act. A forceful, lucid discussion of past amendments, conflicting views, and a possible solution. This book won the Grand Prize of the Province of Quebec for Moral and Pol...
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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, , [2019] ©1950 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: The Constitution Of Canada
- I. The Constitution Defined
- II. The Flexibility of the Constitution
- Part II. How Past Amendments Were Secured
- III. How Past Amendments Were Secured
- Part III. The Amending Process To-Day
- IV. An Address from Both Houses of Parliament
- V. The Participation of the Provinces
- VI. The Role of the British Parliament
- VII. Conflicting Views on the Amending Process
- Part IV. Proposals For A New Amending Machinery
- VIII. Changes of Procedure Advocated in the Past
- IX. An Approach to the Future
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index