Patriation — is a non legal term used in Canada to describe a process of constitutional change also known as homecoming of the constitution. Up until 1982, Canada was governed by a constitution that was a British law and could be changed only by an Act of the … Wikipedia
Reference question — In Canadian law, a Reference Question is a submission by the federal or a provincial government to the courts asking for an opinion on a major legal issue. Typically the question concerns the constitutionality of legislation. The federal… … Wikipedia
Reference re Secession of Quebec — SCCInfoBox case name=Reference re Secession of Quebec full case name=Reference re Secession of Quebec heard date=February 16 19, 1998 decided date=August 20, 1998 citations= [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217; 1998 CanLII 793 (S.C.C.); (1998), 161 D.L.R. (4th)… … Wikipedia
Quebec Veto Reference — (Reference re Amendment to the Canadian Constitution) [1982] 2 S.C.R. 793 is a Supreme Court of Canada opinion on whether there is a constitutional convention giving the province of Quebec a veto over Amendments to the Constitution of Canada. The … Wikipedia
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Canada This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Canada … Wikipedia
Charlottetown Accord — The Charlottetown Accord (French: Accord de Charlottetown) was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October … Wikipedia
Canada Act 1982 — The Canada Act 1982 (1982 c. 11) is an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament that severed all remaining legislative dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom, in a process known as patriation . It contains the text of the… … Wikipedia
Quebec referendum, 1995 — Map of the 1995 referendum by provincial riding. Red colours indicate No votes, blues indicate Yes votes, with darker hues indicating higher percentages. The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province… … Wikipedia
Constitutional convention (political custom) — Not to be confused with Constitutional convention (political meeting). A constitutional convention is an informal and uncodified procedural agreement that is followed by the institutions of a state. In some states, notably those Commonwealth of… … Wikipedia
