The equal authenticity rule (French: règle d’égale autorité) is a rule of judicial interpretation developed by Canadian courts as a way of interpreting...

established rules and procedures. The individuals involved must be "constituted as a public institution qua Parliament (on the basis of some rules and under...

advice tendered is typically binding, meaning the monarch reigns but does not rule, with the Cabinet ruling "in trust" for the monarch. However, the royal prerogative...

decades of the 20th century. Dominions did not possess full sovereignty on an equal footing with the United Kingdom. The parliament of Canada passed a law barring...

describe detention in prison for an indefinite length of time; a judge may rule that a person be "detained at His Majesty's pleasure" for serious offences...

Confederation on July 1, 1867, were initially part of New France, and were once ruled by France. Nova Scotia was granted in 1621 to Sir William Alexander under...

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Constitution Indigenous self-government Pith and substance Double aspect Equal authenticity rule Paramountcy Living tree Implied Bill of Rights Interjurisdictional...

by the 1926 Imperial Conference, formally establishing the autonomy and equal status of Commonwealth governments, governors-general ceased to be advised...

first oral question occurred during the 1st Canadian Parliament, before rules had been established providing for formal questions. According to the record...

Canada's anti-French measures. The act established a single parliament with an equal number of seats for each region, now called Canada East and Canada West...

senators (Section 21), most of whom represent (Section 22) one of four equal divisions: Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime Provinces and the Western Provinces...

under charges of corruption and abuse of power. In order to restore the rule of law, the UK government took direct control of the government of the territory...

applies the rule of judicial interpretation that will come to be known as the “Equal Authenticity Rule” to Acts of Parliament. This rule of interpretation...

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fundamental principles of federalism, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law, and respect for minorities. See list of Canadian constitutional documents...

claimed by Members individually or by the House collectively. Initially, the rule for when parliamentary privilege applies is that it cannot exceed the powers...

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may be so acquired." Section 36 enshrines in the Constitution a value of equal opportunity for the Canadian people, economic development to support that...

Constitution Indigenous self-government Pith and substance Double aspect Equal authenticity rule Paramountcy Living tree Implied Bill of Rights Interjurisdictional...

amendments from Britain. In September 1981, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the Patriation Reference that provincial consent was not legally necessary...

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Constitutionalism Constitutional economics Mixed government Parliamentary sovereignty Rule according to higher law Responsible government Unified power - similar principle...

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chose to. Roncarelli later held that public officials were subject to the rule of law and therefore could neither suspend nor dispense it arbitrarily, but...

and advisement of their responsible ministers. Common exceptions to this rule include emergency or wartime acts of necessity and the granting of certain...

Moreover, townspeople drank river water for the entirety of French colonial rule without much concern. The Sovereign Council acted as the court of appeal...

society within Canada. Other aspects of the Canada Clause dealt with the rule of law, Canada as a parliamentary and federal system, Aboriginal Peoples...

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Constitution Indigenous self-government Pith and substance Double aspect Equal authenticity rule Paramountcy Living tree Implied Bill of Rights Interjurisdictional...