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Parliament was required to make certain changes to the Canadian constitution. Delay in the patriation of the Canadian constitution was due in large part to the lack of agreement concerning a method for amending the constitution that would be acceptable to all of the provinces, particularly Quebec.
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to end Britain's authority and transfer the authority for amending the Constitution of Canada to the federal and provincial governments. After unpromising negotiations with the provincial governments, Prime Minister
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However, with Canada's agreement at the time, under s. 7(1) of the Statute of Westminster, the British Parliament also retained the power to amend the key Canadian constitutional statutes, namely the
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restricted the British Parliament's power to legislate for Canada, unless the Dominion requested and consented to Imperial legislation. This had the effect of increasing Canada's sovereignty. The
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Canada's constitution, ending the power of the British Parliament to amend the constitution. The act also formally ended the "request and consent" provisions of the
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Frédéric Bastien. 2010. ―Britain, the Charter of Rights and the spirit of the 1982 Canadian Constitution.‖ Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 48 (3): 320–347.
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Library of Parliament Background Paper (Marc-André Roy and Laurence Brosseau; Publication No. 2018-17-E, 2015-05-07): "The Notwithstanding Clause of the Charter".
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as an independent country, however, and the King's role as monarch of Canada is separate from his role as the British monarch or the monarch of any of the other
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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 as the English version thereof".
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announced that the federal government would unilaterally patriate the Constitution from Britain. Manitoba, Newfoundland and Quebec responded by posing
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The act had the effect in the United Kingdom of ending Parliament's authority over Canada (see s.2); however the more substantive Schedule A and B (
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to the provincial courts of appeal, challenging the federal government's power to seek unilateral amendments from Britain. In September 1981, the
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that provincial consent was not legally necessary, but to do so without substantial consent would be contrary to a longstanding
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in relation to Canada, whereby the British parliament had a general power to pass laws extending to Canada at its own request.
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still had the power to legislate for Canada, and Canada was thus still legally a self-governing British dominion. The
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The monarch's constitutional powers and roles over Canada were not affected by the act. Canada has complete
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Canada's modern political history as a union of previously separate provinces began with the
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There was little opposition from the British government to passing the act, with 44
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government indicate that Britain had serious concerns about the inclusion of the
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Loi donnant suite Ă  une demande du SĂ©nat et de la Chambre des communes du Canada.
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Digital Reproduction of the Original Act on the Parliamentary Archives catalogue
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An Act to give effect to a request by the Senate and House of Commons of Canada.
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Canadian Federalism and Treaty Powers: Organic Constitutionalism at Work
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MPs voted against the act. However, new research into documents of the
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on Canadian soil. Similar arrangements applied within each province.
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GĂ©rin-Lajoie, Paul (1951). "Constitutional Amendment in Canada".
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Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Canada
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Independence acts in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Amendments and other constitutional documents 1867–1982
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Part II – Rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada
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voting against the act, less than 10 percent of the
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Annexed as Schedule B to the act is the text of the
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It was enacted at the request of the 191: 2435:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1982 2415:Canada and the Commonwealth of Nations 275:British North America Acts (1867–1975) 2154:Individual ministerial responsibility 166:Text of statute as originally enacted 7: 1722:Matters of a local or private nature 1023:Couture, Christa (January 1, 2017). 663:as a result of discussions during a 2351:Constitution Act (British Columbia) 1222:(Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1985), 1164:Siddiqui, Haroon (April 15, 2012). 978:. Government of Canada. May 5, 2014 285:Succession to the Throne Act (1937) 2331:Provincial constitutions of Canada 2257:Interpretation of the Constitution 531:in Canada). This act combined the 505:). 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Index

1982 Canada Act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
Canada
Royal assent
Commencement
British North America Act 1867
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
a series
Constitution of Canada

Constitutional history
Implied bill of rights
Bill of Rights (1689)
Act of Settlement (1701)
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Royal Proclamation (1763)
Quebec Act (1774)
Constitutional Act (1791)
Act of Union (1840)
Constitution Act (1867)
Supreme Court Act (1875)
Constitution Act (1886)
British North America Acts (1867–1975)
Statute of Westminster (1931)
Succession to the Throne Act (1937)
Letters Patent (1947)
Canada Act (1982)

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