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Thursday, December 18, 2014

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markottawa

Well except that the Judicial Committee's decisions undermined the power of the federal gov't intended by the Dominion's founders in favour of the provinces--and look where we are now:
http://ualawccsprod.srv.ualberta.ca/ccs/index.php/i-o/523-judicial-committee-of-the-privy-council

Merry Christmas!

Mark
Ottawa

Leacock

I think the JCPC did good work, the sort of hyper centralised state envisioned by the fathers of Confederation was not all that great an idea. Unfortunately the provincial viceroys were of a poor mettle after the Second World war, and did not stop things they should have. But that was the fault of the Dominion government which appoints them, not the JDCP.

As a fun constitutional what if? Could the JDCP be brought back?

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