Workers' Compensation Acts Have Been Adopted by All States in an Effort

question 34

True/False

Workers' Compensation Acts have been adopted by all states in an effort to provide speedier and more certain relief to injured workers than was available through litigation.

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British North America Act

The foundational statute passed by the British Parliament in 1867, creating the Dominion of Canada by union of several colonies.

Constitution Act

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Supremacy of Parliament

The legal principle that the laws and statutes passed by a country's parliament are supreme and cannot be overridden by any other body.

Section 33

Often referred to as the "notwithstanding clause," it allows Canadian federal or provincial governments to pass laws that temporarily override certain sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.