Category
page 1Second premiership of Pierre Trudeau
Constitution Act, 1982
part of the Constitution of Canada
6th G7 summit
1980 G7 summit in Venezia, Italia
Quebec referendum, 1980
1980 plebiscite on Quebec's independence from Canada
9th G7 summit
1983 G7 summit in Williamsburg, Virginia, US
8th G7 summit
1982 G7 summit in Varsailles, France
7th G7 summit
1981 G7 summit in Ottawa, Canada
10th G7 summit
1984 G7 summit in London, United Kingdom
Patriation
Patriation is the political process that led to full Canadian sovereignty, culminating with the Constitution Act, 1982. The process was necessary because, at the time, under the Statute of Westminster, 1931, and with Canada's agreement, the British Parliament retained the power to amend Canada's British North America Acts and to enact, more generally, for Canada at the request and with the consent of the Dominion. That authority was removed from the UK by the enactment of the Canada Act, 1982, on March 29, 1982, by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as requested by the Parliament of Canada.