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Originally Posted by bcbailey65
You are correct on all counts Wallaroo.
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You have a shameful knowledge of canadian politics... Come on say it with me,
Canada's Legal System is based upon British Common Law exactly like in the United States. Further Canadian courts share power between the Federal and Provincial levels.
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The organization of Canada’s judicial system is a function of Canada’s Constitution, and particularly of the Constitution Act, 1867. By virtue of that Act, authority for the judicial system in Canada is divided between the federal government and the ten provincial governments. The latter are given jurisdiction over "the administration of justice" in the provinces, which includes "the constitution, organization and maintenance" of the courts, both civil and criminal, in the province, as well as civil procedure in those courts. However, this jurisdiction does not extend to the appointment of the judges of all of these courts. The power to appoint the judges of the superior courts in the provinces - which includes the provincial courts of appeal as well as the trial courts of general jurisdiction - is given to the federal government, as is the obligation to provide for the remuneration of those judges and the authority to remove them. This latter authority is a limited one and, in fact, has never been exercised.
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http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/AboutCourt/system/index_e.asp
You think that laws are strictly federal? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS ARE FOR? Why do you think it is possible for Quebec to pass laws prohibiting or greatly restricting the use of english on signs? Because the Bloc passed them in parliament in an alliance with the NDP?!