Is it because of the «separation of church and state» or the special constitutional status of religious institutions and communities? (firstthings.com)
Yet, unlike provincial governments, municipalities do not have an independent constitutional status. (slaw.ca)
The report is framed such that the unwritten constitutional status quo is clearly disfavoured, arguments in favour of which are given only a little over three pages out of 423 (Political and Constitutional Reform Committee 2014: 24 - 8). (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)