Talk:Canada Act 1982
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The below has been moved from Canadian Constitution Act which has been made a redirect. Alex756 23:36, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- The Canadian Constitution Act was a 1982 act of the Parliaments of Canada and Great Britain that granted Canada its own constitution.
- The Constitution was not a new document, however. It was instead simply the British North America Act that was originally created by the English parliament in 1867. After the Constitution Act, the BNA Act was rechristened the Constitution of Canada and the British government agreed to surrender their powers to modify the document.
- The Act also brought the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms into being.
Page name
The page was moved from Canada Act 1982 to Canada Act, 1982; I have moved this back, as the latter nomenclature is significantly the less common for Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and the move broke lots of inbound links through double redirects.
James F. (talk) 00:38, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Enactment - clarification
Could the following sentence be written in plainer English. I find it hard to grasp the point it is making. What claim was the government of the UK making? If it is a theoretical claim, then why bother mentioning it. Personally, I don't think the UK was making any claim. Canadian politicans had NOT BEEN ABLE to agree on an amending formula from the 1860s until 1982. It was not the fault of the UK, and a lot of UK parliamentarians were surprised when the Canada Act turned up on their doorstep, and a few mildly titillated that they could somehow influence the act. I vaguely recall Trudeau saying at that time "they should hold their noses and vote for it". here is the opaque sentence. "Through section 2 of the Canada Act 1982, the United Kingdom revoked its claim to the right to issue further amendments to the Canadian constitution; actual removal of this right would be incompatible with the fundamental British principle of Parliamentary sovereignty, but that it was only the claim to the right is merely theoretical since the United Kingdom would never interfere with Canadian affairs."--BrentS 22:03, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Removed sentence since I don't think it is true. Parliamentary sovereignty applies only to UK law. Roadrunner 07:51, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)