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The Constitution Act, 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada and thus part of the supreme law of Canada. [1] [2] The Act sets out the constitutional framework of Canada, including the structure of the federal government and the powers of the federal government and the provinces.
The Constitution of Canada (French: Constitution du Canada) is the supreme law in Canada. [1] ... 1982 was enacted as a schedule to the Canada Act 1982, ...
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.
No formal right to vote existed in Canada before the adoption of the Charter.There was no such right, for example, in the Canadian Bill of Rights.Indeed, in the case Cunningham v Homma (1903), it was found that the government could legally deny the vote to Japanese Canadians and Chinese Canadians (although both groups would go on to achieve the franchise before section 3 came into force).
Schedule 3/Schedule III may refer to: Third Schedule of the Constitution of India, ... Schedule III Banks within the Canada Bank Act;
Annexed as Schedule B to the act is the text of the Constitution Act, 1982, in both of Canada's official languages (i.e. English and French). Because of the requirements of official bilingualism , the body of the Canada Act itself is also set out in French in Schedule A to the act, which is declared by s. 3 to have "the same authority in Canada ...
The Constitution Act, 1982 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1982) is a part of the Constitution of Canada. [a] The Act was introduced as part of Canada's process of patriating the constitution, introducing several amendments to the British North America Act, 1867, including re-naming it the Constitution Act, 1867.
The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the introductory sentence to the Constitution of Canada's Charter of Rights and Constitution Act, 1982. In full, it reads, "Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law".