Amending The Constitution Of Canada

Constitutional Amendment in Canada is the first volume to focus solely on the implications of the amending formula in Canada.

The purpose of this paper is to stimulate public discussion by explaining how the current constitutional amendment procedures came to be adopted, analyzing those procedures, and examining some possible alternatives that might achieve better public involvement in the process and be more effective in achieving amendments.

Constitutional law, amendments, constitutional history.

On one of the most important and controversial matters in Canada—the drafting of an amending clause to the British North America Act. A forceful, lucid discussion of past amendments, conflicting views, and a possible solution. This book won the Grand Prize of the Province of Quebec for Moral and Political Science in 1950. Canadian Government Series.

"In Canada, the 1982 Constitution Act contains the amending formula, which outlines a set of procedures required to make changes to the constitution. Recent debates over Senate reform, the status of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the rules governing royal succession have highlighted how important the amending formula is in maintaining the vitality and relevance of the governing system."--