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40 Cards in this Set
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1750
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-British Colonies
-French colony -First nations |
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1763
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Treaty of Paris
-Forced assimilation of the french |
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1774
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Quebec act
1-religion 2-civil code are restored to French |
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1791
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Constitution Act
-Upper and lower can are made separate colonies |
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1841
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Lord Durham's Report
Lower and Upper can are made 1 colony Responsible gov |
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1867
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Confederation - BNA Act
-united 2 maritimes colonies -created Dominion of Canada |
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What is the significance of confederation?
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-Transfer of sovereignty from empire to colony
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What is sovereignty?
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-The right to make binding decisions over a population within a specific territory
-the right to enter into relationships with other sovereign states |
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What ways did Can lack in sovereignty?
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-Bounded by Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865
-no capacity to amend the BNA act -Not independent in foreign affairs -did not have a supreme court -court of last resort -JCPC |
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1931
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Statute of Westminster
-Established legislative equality -Repealed the Colonial Laws Validity Act, but would still apply to BNA -Encourage and enabled British dominions to become self-sufficent in military and foreign affairs |
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1982
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Constitution Act
-Amending formula -Charter of Rights and Freedoms -Aboriginal rights |
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What is a constitution?
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-the supreme law of a state
-defines the offices and institutions of the state -Standard to which all laws must be judged -No law is permitted that contradicts or conflicts with the constitution |
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unwritten documents
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constitutional conventions, customs, usage
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examples of unwritten constitutional conventions or customs
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PM and cabinet
Responsible gov Political parties |
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BNA act 1867 5-
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Can shall be divided into 4 provinces, (ontario, Queb, NS, NB)
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BNA ACT 1867 9-
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Executive gov and authority of and over Can is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the queen
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BNA ACT 1867 17-
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shall be 1 parliament of can consisting of queen, upper house styled the senate, HOC
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Constitutional monarchy=
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power of monarchy is limited by constitutional practice
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Monarch or representative is...
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head of state
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Dual executive
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feature of all Westminster parliamentary systems
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How many seats in the senate?
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105
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How many seats in HOC
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308
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What is one requirement of official party status?
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12 MPs
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The constitution...
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-embraces the entire global system of rules and principles
-Encompasses the underlying principles that animate the whole of the Constitution including the principles of federalism, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law and respect for minorities |
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Rule of law is...
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a principle with three main components
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The three main components of the rule of law are...
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1-all state actions must be authorised by law
2-All laws must be knowable in writing in advance -must be adequately accessible to public -formulated with sufficient precision 3-all persons and authorities are subject to the law |
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What is federalism?
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is a system of gov that divides sovereignty between
-a national gov (jurisdiction over the whole country for certain matters) -a variable number of subnational gov whom exercise jurisdiction in their own territory over matters of regional interest |
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What are the 5 formal features of federalism
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1-Combination of central rule and local self-rule: divided sovereignty
2- Constitutionally protected autonomy of each level of gov 3 written constitution and courts empowered to interpret disputes that arise from it 4- constitutional amending formula 5- central government that is designed in part to represent units of federation (can is still missing 5) |
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Federal state
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sovereignty is divided between two orders of government
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Unitary state
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only the central gov exercises sovereignty
-central gov may have administrative subdivisions throughout the country to carry out its policies and plans but these units are not independent and are given orders by the central gov and report to it |
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Responsible gov
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executive council must have the majority of support from members of HOC in order to be able to govern
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court of royal prerogative
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-up to the king to hear the case
-no right to hear your case |
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What year?
-British colonies -French colony -First nations |
1750
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What year?
Treaty of Paris |
1763
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What year?
Quebec act |
1774
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what year?
constitution act? |
1791
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What year?
Lord Durham's report |
1841
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What year?
Confederation and BNA Act |
1867
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What year?
Statute of Westminster |
1931
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What year?
Constitution act |
1982
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