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...Speaker, the Honorable member has failed to address the central issue here, conflating the principles of democracy," the oppositionist begins. "The government of Canada wishes to expedite the constitutional matter without obtaining the appropriate consent of the provinces--the sum of the nation's parts. I ask you, is this any way for a responsible government to proceed...
...spelled with a capital "E." But that is the plausible consequence of the Canadian Supreme Court's recent decision, handed down September 28, which declared that Trudeau can legally proceed with his package of constitutional reforms, although he would violate convention if he did so without the expressed consent of most of the provinces. The ruling, often muddled in its reasoning but typically Canadian in its effort to compromise, in effect vindicated all sides in the contentious constitutional dispute. Everyone won; everyone lost. And the court left open the possibility that Britain will determine the final outcome...
Trudeau had proved unable to gain the consent of the provinces and had assumed the role of the bold maverick, vowing to plow ahead with his plans regardless of the opposition. With a comfortable federal majority, he can pass the legislation and then send it on to Britain for what should be routine ratification. The provincial premiers naturally challenged the legality of Trudeau's proposal to proceed unilaterally, and the case naturally fell into the laps of a squirming Supreme Court. In the meantime, Trudeau's opponents--the federal Conservative party and the provincial premiers--started writing letters to British...
THAT THE SUPREME COURT decided was that a convention existed for the federal government to gain the consent of the provinces before going ahead with constitutional changes that would affect their power. By a vote of 6-3, the court ruled that Trudeau would violate the spirit of tradition by unilaterally setting his plan in action...
...England wresting away Canada's control of her own destiny. Since the constitutional debate is highly politicized, Canadian politicians must absorb some blame for the plausibility of such an occurence. But the British parliament should abide by Trudeau's decision, whether or not he manages to attract provincial consent. England out of Canada...