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That version of s. 91(1) was repealed in 1982 on the enactment of the Constitution Act, 1982, which contains a comprehensive amending formula. Section 44 of that Act is the equivalent to the repealed version of s. 91(1), authorising limited amendments to the internal structure of the federal government. [10]
It found that the overarching purposes of the Constitution Act, 1867 were settlement, expansion and development of the Dominion; that building a transcontinental railroad was integral to those purposes, that section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867, the power over "Indians," was related to these purposes, that by section 91(24) the Framers ...
The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), [1] originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada , including its federal structure , the House of Commons ...
First examined in Citizen's Insurance Co. v. Parsons (1881), Sir Montague Smith of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council determined its scope thus: . The words "regulation of trade and commerce," in their unlimited sense are sufficiently wide, if uncontrolled by the context and other parts of the Act, to include every regulation of trade ranging from political arrangements in regard to ...
Section 90 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (French: article 90 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867) is a provision of the Constitution of Canada relating to provincial appropriation and taxation bills, the recommendation for money votes in provincial legislative assemblies, and the federal government's power of disallowance and reservation with respect to provincial laws.
The court held that the province does not have the power to extinguish Aboriginal rights, neither directly (because of Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867) nor indirectly through laws of general applicability (because they could not indicate clear and plain intent).
What to know: Trump and his allies were charged in a 41-count indictment stemming from a years-long investigation into their efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential ...
It was enacted in 1867 by the British Parliament under the name of the British North America Act, 1867. [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 ...