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Supreme piece of judicial statecraft
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Sep 27 2011
Thirty years ago, on Sept. 28, 1981, a Supreme Court opinion set out rules for amending the Constitution. This turned out to be the most politically significant opinion the court has delivered in its existence. It led to the nation’s most defining political developments since Confederation. This opinion established that Canada’s constitutional order contained rules that governed how Canada could make constitutional changes.
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