Uncle Max Just Immigrated to Canada and Learned Some Things

question 95

Multiple Choice

Uncle Max just immigrated to Canada and learned some things about our laws and constitution on the plane. Which of the following things he heard is true?

• A) The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, part of the Constitution Act, 1982, has been entrenched in our constitution and therefore cannot be changed.
• B) Our constitution provides that the provincial legislatures have exclusive jurisdiction to enact laws concerning education and property in the province.
• C) Our federal parliament is supreme in enacting laws concerning municipalities.
• D) The British North America Act of 1867, the first document to determine which classes of subjects could be dealt with by the provinces and which by the federal government, was passed by Queen Elizabeth.
• E) There are many aspects of our constitution we have inherited from the United States.

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