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In October 1978, by which time Lévesque was Premier of Quebec, he spelled out the requirements for sovereignty-association in his White Paper on Sovereignty-Association, calling for a common monetary system and a free trade zone, permitting the free passage of goods and people between Quebec and Canada. Any disputes would be settled by a ...
Since the Quiet Revolution, sovereigntist sentiments in Quebec have been variably stoked by the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982 (without Quebec's consent) and by the failed attempts at constitutional reform. Two provincial referendums, in 1980 and 1995, rejected proposals for sovereignty with majorities of 60% and 50.6% ...
Canadian federalism (French: fédéralisme canadien) involves the current nature and historical development of the federal system in Canada. Canada is a federation with eleven components: the national Government of Canada and ten provincial governments .
The main symbol of the monarchy is the sovereign himself, [187] described as "the personal expression of the Crown in Canada," [419] and his image is thus used to signify Canadian sovereignty and government authority—his image, for instance, appearing on currency, and his portrait in government buildings. [238]
Canadian values are the perceived commonly shared ethical and human values of Canadians. [3] Canadians generally exhibit pride in equality before the law, fairness, social justice, freedom, and respect for others; [4] while often making personal decisions based on self interests rather than a collective Canadian identity. [5]
Patriation is the political process that led to full Canadian sovereignty, culminating with the Constitution Act, 1982.The process was necessary because, at the time, under the Statute of Westminster, 1931, and with Canada's agreement, the British Parliament retained the power to amend Canada's British North America Acts and to enact, more generally, for Canada at the request and with the ...
Canadian nationalism in English-speaking Canada opts for a certain level of sovereignty for Canada vis-à-vis other sovereign states, while remaining within the Commonwealth of Nations. The Canadian Tories have historically exemplified this formulation of nationalism in their opposition to free trade with the United States, stemming from a fear ...
Canada had established complete sovereignty as an independent country, with the Queen's role as monarch of Canada separate from her role as the British monarch or the monarch of any of the other Commonwealth realms. [1] At the same time, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was added in place of the previous Canadian Bill of Rights.