Category Archives: Consolidations

Quebec Acknowledges Saskatchewan’s Unilateral Constitutional Amendment in Its Updated Administrative Consolidation of the Constitution Act, 1867

Posted on 2023/11/14 by J.W.J. Bowden

On 14 November 2023, the Government of Quebec updated its administrative consolidation of the Constitution Acts to what should be its 4th edition and recognised a constitutional amendment that the legislature of Saskatchewan added to the text of section 90 … Continue reading →

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Quebec Unilaterally Exempts Itself from the Oath of Allegiance: The Demise of the Crown Reinforces Autonomist Nationalism

Posted on 2022/12/07 by J.W.J. Bowden

The New Nationalism in 21st-Century Quebec The recent demise of the Crown from Queen Elizabeth II to King Charles III has made the occasional flare ups of active derision toward constitutional monarchy the new normal state of affairs in Quebec … Continue reading →

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The Section 45 Constitutional Amendment Becomes a Vehicle for Provincial Autonomism

Posted on 2022/11/04 by J.W.J. Bowden

François Legault’s Nationalist Autonomism In 2021, the Government of Quebec began releasing its own “Administrative Consolidation of the Constitution Act, 1867 and the Canada Act, 1982” in 2021[1], which differed from and ostensibly rivalled the Department of Justice’s latest consolidation of the Constitution … Continue reading →

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Who Decides What the Constitution Is and Says? Quebec Modifies the Text of the Constitution Act, 1867

Posted on 2022/06/29 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction Law 96 has generated controversy and opposition amongst English-speakers in Quebec and, to a lesser extent, in the rest of Canada when the Legislature of Quebec enacted it last week for its provisions on language. But it contains one … Continue reading →

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