Peace, order and good government.
That’s a phrase used in section 91 of the British North America Act, which came to be known as the Canadian Constitution. It’s kind of vague, but it is meant to describe the federal Parliament’s lawmaking authority over the provinces.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
In their own way, Quebec and Alberta have chosen to be led by ideologues whose mission is to toss a hand grenade at the federation, and then stroll away. To effectively render Canada — in the immortal words of Colonel Kurtz inQuebec first. There, 60% of the province voted this week against the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec . Despite that, the CAQ took 90 of the 125 seats in the so-called National Assembly.
And their constitutional schemes are just as bigoted. In June, Legault’s CAQ regime used a little-known section of the Constitution, 45, to gut minority rights in Quebec — and the federal Liberals and Conservatives did precisely nothing. Quebec was able to get its way without any debate, dissent or discussion.
Well, the political parties in Ottawa don’t give a sweet damn what you think about the Constitution, our supreme statute. They turned themselves into doormats for François and Legault and his CAQ. And Legault, re-elected to a huge majority by a puny minority, promises much more to come.Danielle Smith is ecstatic after winning the leadership of the Alberta United Conservative Party in Calgary, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
Will the Criminal Code, which is a federal law, apply in Alberta anymore? Will the prosecution of serious drug offences, which are mostly federal, no longer happen? Will air and rail and highway safety laws be suspended? Contracts signed there? They’re all or partly federal jurisdiction, too.
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