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Abdelrazik: Tort Liability for Exercise of Prerogative Powers?
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Les droits linguistiques et la Charte : vingt-cinq années de progression vers l’égalité? Une perspective de l’Ouest canadien
No full textLors de la Confédération en 1867 certains droits linguistiques seront constitutionnalisés. L’article 133 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867 prévoit un bilinguisme en matière législative et judiciaire, mais seulement en ce qui concerne la province de Québec et le Parlement fédéral1. La seule autre province qui ait à l’origine béné- ficié de garanties constitutionnelles en matière de droits linguistiques est le Manitoba, aux termes de l’article 23 de la Loi de 1870 sur le Manitoba2
Canada’s Native Languages: The Right of First Nations to Educate Their Children in Their Own Languages
No full textCanada used to consider itself not only a bilingual, but also a bicultural country.1 Biculturalism was based on the idea that Canada had two founding cultures, the French-language culture dominant in Quebec and the English-language culture dominant everywhere else, with French and English minorities scattered across the country. This view of Canada obviously failed to recognize both the Aboriginal cultures that existed prior to European contact and the cultures of those immigrants who came to Canada with no knowledge of French or English or with knowledge of those languages but otherwise distinguishable culture
THE CHARTER REVOLUTION: IS IT UNDEMOCRATIC?
No full textA new book on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by two professors from the University of Calgary, F.L. Morton and Rainer Knopff, is entitled The Charter Revolution and the Court Party.1 By the “Charter revolution” the authors refer to the active law- making role assumed by the Supreme Court of Canada since the adoption of the Charter of Rights in 1982.2 By the “Court Party” they refer to a cluster of interest groups promoting Charter rights through litigation.3 The thesis of the book is that these groups have been successful in obtaining changes in the law from the Supreme Court of Canada that could not have been achieved in the representative legislative assemblies. That, they argue, is wrong because it is “undemocratic.”4 I agree that there has been a Charter revolution. I also agree that there is a Court Party, but I will argue that the cluster of interest groups using litigation as their strategy is much broader than the authors acknowledge. I also agree that the effects of these two phenomena have not been wholly beneficial, but I argue that, on the whole, the result is one that enhances rather than usurps a democratic dialogue
THE PERSPECTIVES OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF CANADA ON THE MONARCHY: REFLECTIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE QUEEN’S GOLDEN JUBILEE
No full textThe Constitution of Canada is a prismatic hodgepodge of treaties, royal instructions and proclamations, and UK legislation. The unifying factor is the constitutional monarchy that holds together a topocratic and collegiality federation. Treaties with Aboriginal nations created treaty federalism; subsequent UK legislation created provincial federalism. Both of these imperial documents are more prismatic than systematic. Prismatic thought is reflective of an infinite variety of perspectives of the same core of truth, which is simultaneously solid and shifting. This has been recognized as representing the federation called “the ironic confederation.
LE RÉGIME TRUDEAU A-T-IL TRAHI LE RÉGIME DE 1867?
No full textTrudeau a-t-il trahi la pensée des pères de 1867? La question mérite aujourd’hui d’être posée, aussi franchement que je le fais ici, tant nombre d’auteurs alimentent cette thèse depuis quinze ans. À lire les nouvelles publications sur cette période de notre histoire, on voit que la contestation de l’héritage Trudeau gagne du terrain. Certes, le trudeauisme est bien en vie. La popularité des libéraux fédéraux demeure élevée. Même dans plusieurs cercles intellectuels, Trudeau reste une figure célébrée
BCGSEU: TURNING A PAGE IN CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
No full textBCGSEU: TURNING A PAGE IN CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LA
RIGHTS BROUGHT HOME: THE UNITED KINGDOM ADOPTS A "CHARTER OF RIGHTS"
No full textRIGHTS BROUGHT HOME: THE UNITED KINGDOM ADOPTS A "CHARTER OF RIGHTS
