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Canadian Confederation (French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Dominion of Canada, on July 1, 1867.
The Quebec Resolutions, also known as the seventy-two resolutions, are a group of statements written at the Quebec Conference of 1864 which laid out the framework for the Canadian Constitution. They were adopted by the majority of the provinces of British North America , and became the basis for the London Conference of 1866 .
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien referred the matter over whether a province could unilaterally secede from the federation to the Supreme Court of Canada in December 1999. In its Quebec Secession Reference decision, the Court ruled that the Canadian constitution did not give provinces the power to unilaterally secede. However, it also ...
Report of The Pépin Robarts Commission - Task Force on Canadian Unity (1978) Sovereignty-Association Act (1980) Canada Act 1982 (1982) Meech Lake Accord (1989) Beaudoin-Edwards committee report (June 20, 1991) Report of the Bélanger-Campeau Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Québec (March 27, 1991) Allaire Report ...
The Constitution of Canada is a large number of documents that have been entrenched in the constitution by various means. Regardless of how documents became entrenched, together those documents form the supreme law of Canada; no non-constitutional law may conflict with them, and none of them may be changed without following the amending formula given in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982.
The Supreme Court of Canada has held that this list is not exhaustive and that the Constitution of Canada includes a number of pre-confederation acts and unwritten components as well. [7] [8] The Canadian constitution also includes the fundamental principles of federalism, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law, and respect for ...
[6] [7] In 1982 the Act was brought under full Canadian control through the Patriation of the Constitution, and was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867. [2] [6] Since Patriation, the Act can only be amended in Canada, under the amending formula set out in the Constitution Act, 1982. [8] [9] [10]
The Quebec Conference was held from October 10 to 24, 1864, to discuss a proposed Canadian confederation. [1] It was in response to the shift in political ground when the United Kingdom and the United States had come very close to engaging in war with each other. [2]