Constitutional Keywords

Welcome to the Centre for Constitutional Studies' Constitutional Keywords web page.

This service is intended to assist members of the public in understanding several key words and concepts that recur in Canadian constitutional debates. The entries are written by experts in the fields of law, political science, history and economics. We hope that the combination of such a popular medium with the fact that the entries were written by prominent scholars will make the website a unique vehicle for students, journalists and other members of the public to access reliable, succinct and accurate information online.

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A	Aboriginal Self-Government \| Agreement on Internal Trade \| Allaire Report \| Amending Formula \| Analogous Grounds \| Asymmetrical Federalism
B	Balancing Rights (section 1) \| Beaudoin-Dobbie Committee \| Beaudoin-Edwards Committee \| Belanger-Campeau \| Bill 101 \| BNA Act
C	Centralization and Decentralization \| Charlottetown Accord \| Charter of Rights and Freedoms \| Concurrency \| Constitution Acts \| Constitutional Rights \| Constitutionalism \| Convention
D	Delegation and Devolution \| Distinct Society \| Division of Powers \| Doctrine of Paramountcy \| Double Aspect
E	Economic Union \| Equality of Citizens (Equality Rights) \| Equality of Province \| Equalization Program \| Existing Aboriginal Rights
F	Federal Spending Power \| Federalism \| Freedom of Expression \| Fulton-Favreau \| Fundamental Freedoms
H	Hays-Joyal Committee
I	Interjurisdictional Immunity
J	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council \| Judicial Review
M	Meech Lake Accord
N	Natural Resources \| Notwithstanding Clause
O	Official Languages \| Opting Out
P	Partition \| Partnership \| Peace, Order and Good Government \| Pith and Substance \| Plan A and Plan B \| Positive and Negative Rights \| Preamble \| Property and Civil Rights \| Property Rights
R	Reference re Quebec Secession \| Reservation and Disallowance \| Rule of Law
S	Secession \| Separatism \| Social Charter \| Social Union \| Sovereignty-Association \| Spicer Commission \| Subsidiarity \| Supremacy of Parliament \| Supreme Court of Canada
T	Tax Points \| Taxation Power \| Trade and Commerce \| Treaty Rights
V	Veto \| Victoria Charter

A	Aboriginal Self-Government \| Agreement on Internal Trade \| Allaire Report \| Amending Formula \| Analogous Grounds \| Asymmetrical Federalism
B	Balancing Rights (section 1) \| Beaudoin-Dobbie Committee \| Beaudoin-Edwards Committee \| Belanger-Campeau \| Bill 101 \| BNA Act
C	Centralization and Decentralization \| Charlottetown Accord \| Charter of Rights and Freedoms \| Concurrency \| Constitution Acts \| Constitutional Rights \| Constitutionalism \| Convention
D	Delegation and Devolution \| Distinct Society \| Division of Powers \| Doctrine of Paramountcy \| Double Aspect
E	Economic Union \| Equality of Citizens (Equality Rights) \| Equality of Province \| Equalization Program \| Existing Aboriginal Rights
F	Federal Spending Power \| Federalism \| Freedom of Expression \| Fulton-Favreau \| Fundamental Freedoms
H	Hays-Joyal Committee
I	Interjurisdictional Immunity
J	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council \| Judicial Review
M	Meech Lake Accord
N	Natural Resources \| Notwithstanding Clause
O	Official Languages \| Opting Out
P	Partition \| Partnership \| Peace, Order and Good Government \| Pith and Substance \| Plan A and Plan B \| Positive and Negative Rights \| Preamble \| Property and Civil Rights \| Property Rights
R	Reference re Quebec Secession \| Reservation and Disallowance \| Rule of Law
S	Secession \| Separatism \| Social Charter \| Social Union \| Sovereignty-Association \| Spicer Commission \| Subsidiarity \| Supremacy of Parliament \| Supreme Court of Canada
T	Tax Points \| Taxation Power \| Trade and Commerce \| Treaty Rights
V	Veto \| Victoria Charter

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