Constitutional Amendment in CanadaOn 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 Political Science in 1950. Canadian Government Series. |
Contents
The Flexibility of the Constitution | |
How Past Amendments Were Secured 1 The British North America Act 1871 | |
The Parliament of Canada Act 1875 | |
The British North America Act 1886 | |
The British North America Act 1946 | |
The British North America Act 1949 | |
Note on the Statute Law Revision Acts | |
THE AMENDING PROCESS TODAY | |
An Address from Both Houses of Parliament | |
The Participation of the Provinces | |
The Role of the British Parliament | |
Conflicting Views on the Amending Process | |
The Canada Ontario Boundary Act 1889 | |
The British North America Act 1907 | |
The British North America Act 1915 | |
The British North America Act 1916 | |
The British North America Act 1930 | |
The Statute of Westminster 1931 | |
The British North America Act 1940 | |
The British North America Act 1943 | |
Changes of Procedure Advocated in the Past | |
An Approach to the Future | |
APPENDICES | |
Some Statements of Leading Public Men at Ottawa since Confederation | |
Proposal for a General Procedure to Amend the Constitution Drafted by a Sub | |
E The British North America No 2 Act 1949 | |
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