Parliamentary Supremacy Canada 2022

PARLIAMENTARY SUPREMACY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS1
Parliamentary Supremacy
The Canadian political system was based on the British constitution, as Canada was still a
colony under the imperial power of Great Britain. The supreme parliamentary system gives the
parliament legislative power to issue even unconstitutional law as there was no bound to their
authority. This led to the inequality in the minority groups of the provinces and often led to
conflicts within the states. But the parliament could not be held accountable for it as their
activities were within the legislative jurisdiction. This also caused many oppressive laws being
added to the legislation and the citizen could not challenge them in the court as it fell under
different levels of power.
Constitutional Act of 982
The Constitutional Act of 1982 included the Charter of Rights and Freedom in the
constitution providing clarity of the specific rights of every citizen, which can never be tampered
with, no matter on which level system. The primary aim of the inclusion of the charter was
emphasizing the importance of the fundamental rights and freedom of all and every individual of
the nation that it cannot be altered even if the people in the government deem it to be right. This
was the process that kept the democratic norm as it put the people above all. This also led to the
change in the process of the dominance of the majority and diminished the tyranny at the
fundamental level. The Charter clearly states in the bill that the legislature of the provinces and
the federal/central parliament are bounded to each other and are interdependent to follow the
rites of the Constitution equally. Thus, any legislation whether the majority or minority cannot
shift or deviate from the constitution without legal consequences.