• Disallowance and reservation are historical constitutional powers in Canada that act as a mechanism to delay or overrule legislation passed by Parliament...
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  • Disallowance and reservation are historical constitutional powers that were instituted in several territories throughout the British Empire as a mechanism...
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  • action Disallowance and reservation, a constitutional power in several Commonwealth nations Reservation (mixtape), a mixtape by Angel Haze "Reservations",...
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  • Oaths Act, 1873 (category All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English)
    government of the United Kingdom, and the subsequent repeal of The Publication of Statutes Act. Disallowance and reservation in Canada Gwyn 2011, p. 200. Swainson...
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    Section 90 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (category Federalism in Canada)
    of disallowance and reservation with respect to provincial laws. The Constitution Act, 1867 is the constitutional statute which established Canada. Originally...
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    Scottish Militia Bill (category 1707 in British law)
    immediate and pressing Importance". Similar provisions existed elsewhere in the British Empire, most notably disallowance and reservation in Canada, which...
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    according to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Crown holds sovereignty over the whole of Canada, including reservation and traditional lands. However, by...
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  • of Canada. The term Government of Canada refers specifically to the executive, which includes ministers of the Crown (together in the Cabinet) and the...
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    Section 56 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (category Federalism in Canada)
    power to disallow an act under section 56 was different from the power of reservation of bills under section 55 of the Act. The disallowance power in section...
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    The Canada Act 1982 (1982 c. 11) (French: Loi de 1982 sur le Canada) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and one of the enactments which...
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    assent, reservation and disallowance, as established for the federal Parliament to the provincial legislatures but with the governor general in the role...
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  • Act 1982 by the British Parliament in March 1982 confirmed the Patriation of the Constitution and transferred to Canada the power of amending its own Constitution...
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    provincial premiers, and federal governments remain theoretically capable of disallowing provincial legislation, whether from the reservation by a lieutenant...
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    population, about 700,000 people, lives on an Indian Reservation in the United States. Reservation poverty and other discriminatory factors have led to persisting...
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    Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Dominion of Canada, on July 1, 1867. This process occurred in accordance with...
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  • federal power in Canada. It is often contrasted with "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", a spiritually analogous phrase found in the US Declaration...
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  • Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") is the section of the Constitution of Canada that lists what the Charter calls "fundamental...
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  • Cabinet. In exchange for agreeing to the inclusion of the notwithstanding clause, Trudeau declined to remove the federal powers of disallowance and reservation...
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    Section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (category Federalism in Canada)
    mentioned in sections 55 and 57, it is now anachronistic. The power to reserve a bill under section 55 is different from the power of disallowance under section...
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    Reference Re Alberta Statutes (category Banking case law in Canada)
    Supreme Court of Canada, in answering reference questions posed by the federal government, unanimously ruled that such disallowance was valid. Following...
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  • Victoria Charter (category 1971 in Canada)
    terminated the powers of disallowance and reservation, which remain in the Constitution. There was also a bill of rights and a new amending formula. The...
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    removed to the reservation. It is based in the coastal area of the Pacific Northwest region of Washington state in the United States, and is located within...
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  • from cruel and unusual punishments in Canada. The section has generated some case law, including the essential case R. v. Smith (1987), in which it was...
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  • Gérard La Forest (category Canadian university and college faculty deans)
    Ottawa. In 2000, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. Disallowance and Reservation of Provincial Legislation. Extradition To and From Canada. Natural...
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    House styled the Senate, and the House of Commons." The Parliament of Canada may be referred to as the King-in-Parliament, and its three-part composition...
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    the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council of the disallowance. Candidates at this time would be loosely affiliated in early political parties...
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  • At His Majesty's pleasure (category Monarchy of Canada)
    example, a governor-general and a minister of the Crown—are said to serve at His Majesty's pleasure. In Canada, the Canadian monarch's federal representative...
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    The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (French: Charte canadienne des droits et libertés), often simply referred to as the Charter in Canada, is...
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    Quebec Conference, 1864 (category 1864 in Canada)
    to discuss a proposed Canadian confederation. It was in response to the shift in political ground when the United Kingdom and the United States had come...
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  • reserve powers in Australia in the 20th century at state and federal levels. The reserve powers in Canada fall within the royal prerogative and belong specifically...
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