... up of Canada. Immediately following the vote, Prime Minister Pierra Trudeau announced that, either with or without provincial support, he intended to make the Canadian Parliament solely responsible for Canada's constitution (Cairns 1991). Until this time, Canada's constitution, the British North America Act, had remained a legislative act of the British Parliament which had passed the necessary laws for Canada to be ... (MLA accessed 13th September 2003). Quebec had five demands that needed to be fulfilled before they could sign the 1982 Constitution with dignity and honour (Barteby acc...

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The notwithstanding clause of section 33 in the Canadian Constitution gives legislatures the ability to pass laws that override essential guarantees of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In using the ... protection for all Canadians. In contrast, by allowing parliament to be supreme, the notwithstanding clause limits the vital guarantees of the Constitution. The inclusion of the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian Constitution rejects the very principles of the document in which it is held. The clause allows government to enact laws that infringe ... for the good of the people but in ret...

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... protecting an individual's liberty and security because of the immense dominance the majority has. Therefore, the individual's liberty and security must be formally recognized and protected, usually within a written constitution, so that the liberties and securities of the individual may not be infringed upon by the will of majority. Individuals must take responsibility for the continued protection of their rights ... evacuation and three and a half years after the end of the war" (Institute for Historical Review). The Japanese who were sent to these camps were mostly all U.S. and Canadi...

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... to support the need for a powerful government to maintain peace and stability in such an explosive situation. Indeed, under section 91 of the Constitution Act of 1867, the federal government had the broad power to make laws for what it felt was the "peace, order, and good ... democracy in Canada (Simpson, 18). Whereas the American and Australian Senates hold real power that the leaders must compromise and cooperate with, the Canadian Senate serves as little more than an appointed rubber stamp for government policy. The only Senate left in the free world that resembles Canada's ... allud...

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... , water loss during irrigation could be greatly reduced as well (Owen). The problem with this method is that not all crops can be irrigated this way. Surface water supplies most Canadian cities, and only 10 % of the population is served by municipal systems that rely on groundwater (Draper 1998). Many sources of contamination may affect surface water and groundwater supplies, ... the most part they are allowed in low concentrations. Canada has pollution control regulations in place, an example of a successfully regulated substance is the phosphate found in laundry detergent. The Canadia...

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... advocators of Christianity, and other religions, were about to make Aboriginal people their problem. "In the first few decades of the new Canadian Nation, when the government turned to address the constitutional responsibility for Indians and lands assigned by the Constitution Act of 1867, it adopted a policy of assimilation." The assimilation policy through the schools was to be beneficial but ended up ... early as 1874, mainly to meet its obligation, under the Indian Act, to provide an education to Aboriginal people, as well as to assist with their integration into the broader Canadia...

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