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In Canada, "peace, order and good government" (in French, "paix, ordre et bon gouvernement") is sometimes abbreviated as POGG and is often used to describe the principles upon which that country's Confederation took place. A similar phrase, "peace, welfare, and good government", had been used the Act of Union 1840 that created the Province of ...
Re Board of Commerce Act 1919 and the Combines and Fair Prices Act 1919, [1] commonly known as the Board of Commerce case, is a Canadian constitutional decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in which the "emergency doctrine" under the federal power of peace, order and good government was first created.
The way that the POGG is described in Australia is wrong, in Union Steamship v King (1988) 166 CLR 1 at (9-10) the High Court are quite clear that the words of peace,order and good government are NOT words of limitation, that is the no court could strike down a law on the basis it is not for peace, order and good government.
temperance, peace, order and good government, constitutional interpretation Russell v The Queen is a Canadian constitutional law decision dealing with the power of the federal Parliament . The case was decided in 1882 by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , at that time the highest court in the British Empire , including Canada.
If it were once conceded that the Parliament of Canada has authority to make laws applicable to the whole Dominion, in relation to matters which in each province are substantially of local or private interest, upon the assumption that these matters also concern the peace, order, and good government of the Dominion, there is hardly a subject ...
51 The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to: (vi) the naval and military defence of the Commonwealth and of the several States, and the control of the forces to execute and maintain the laws of the Commonwealth;
Although the text of the act appears to give Parliament residuary powers to enact laws in any area that has not been allocated to the provincial governments, subsequent Privy Council jurisprudence held that the "peace, order, and good government" power is in a delimited federal competency like those listed under section 91 (see e.g. AG Canada v ...
It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes. of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces; and for greater Certainty, but not ...