Constitutional Law: Senate Reform Senate Reference (
Order in Council P.C. 2013 - 70, Feb. 1, 2013)(35203) Apr. 25, 2014 Parliament can not unilaterally achieve most of the proposed changes to the Senate, requiring the consent of at least seven provinces representing, in the aggregate, at least half of the population of all the provinces; abolition requires consent of all of the provinces and can only be done with unanimous federal - provincial consensus.
In a six to one jointly written decision (Moldaver, J. in dissent), the Supreme Court of Canada has answered the questions In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor in Council concerning sections 5 and 6 of the Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S - 26, as set out in
Order in Council P.C. 2013 - 1105 dated October 22, 2013 2014 SCC 21 as follows:
That's In the Matter of Section 53 of the Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, C. S - 26 and in the Matter of a Reference by the Governor General in Council concerning the proposed Canadian Securities Act, as set out in
Order in Council P.C. 2010 - 667, dated May 26, 2010 (33718)
On the day that the Supreme Court begins to hear argument
in the federal government's reference concerning reform of the Senate (In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor in Council concerning reform of the Senate, as set out in Order P.C. 2013 - 70, dated February 1, 2013), it is appropriate, perhaps, to point out that the judgment by Québec's Court of Appeal in a reference begun by the provincial government is in fact available in Englis
in the federal government's reference concerning reform of the Senate (
In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor in Council concerning reform of the Senate, as set out in Order P.C. 2013 - 70, dated February 1, 2013), it is appropriate, perhaps, to point out that the judgment by Québec's Court of Appeal in a reference begun by the provincial government is in fact available in Englis
In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor
in Council concerning reform of the Senate, as set out in Order P.C. 2013 - 70, dated February 1, 2013), it is appropriate, perhaps, to point out that the judgment by Québec's Court of Appeal in a reference begun by the provincial government is in fact available in Englis
in Council concerning reform of the Senate, as set out
in Order P.C. 2013 - 70, dated February 1, 2013), it is appropriate, perhaps, to point out that the judgment by Québec's Court of Appeal in a reference begun by the provincial government is in fact available in Englis
in Order P.C. 2013 - 70, dated February 1, 2013), it is appropriate, perhaps, to point out that the judgment by Québec's Court of Appeal
in a reference begun by the provincial government is in fact available in Englis
in a reference begun by the provincial government is
in fact available in Englis
in fact available
in Englis
in English.