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British North America Act, 1867Wikisource has original text related to this article:
The act comprises a major part of Canada's constitution. The Act entails the original creation of a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system. It received its current name in 1982, with the patriation of the constitution (having originally been enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom). Amendments were also made at this time: section 92A was added, giving provinces greater control over non-renewable natural resources. British North America Act, 1871Wikisource has original text related to this article:
This act gave Canada the power to establish new provinces and territories and change provincial boundaries with the affected province's consent. The Act recognized the creation of the province of Manitoba and the incorporation of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory into Canada and allowed parliament and the Ontario and Quebec legislatures to redraw the boundaries of Ontario and Quebec in order to incorporate parts of these acquisitions.[1] British North America Act, 1886Wikisource has original text related to this article:
This act gave parliament the authority to allow the Territories of Canada to have representation in the Canadian Senate and Canadian House of Commons.[2] British North America Act, 1907
British North America Act, 1915Expanded the Canadian Senate by giving Western Canadian provinces 24 Senators, the same number guaranteed to Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime provinces. The Act also guaranteed Newfoundland six Senators should the British colony join Confederation (it did in 1949).[4] British North America Act, 1916Extended the life of the 12th Canadian Parliament until October 1917, beyond the normal maximum of five years. The extension was due to World War I.[5] British North America Act, 1930Gave the newer provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan rights over certain natural resources found in federally controlled crown lands.[6] British North America Act, 1940This act gave the federal government the jurisdiction over Unemployment Insurance thus allowing such a progam to be created on a national level.[7] An earlier attempt to create an Unemployment Insurance program during the Great Depression was ruled unconstitutional as unemployment relief was deemed to be a provincial responsibility. British North America Act, 1943This act delayed redistribution of seats in the Canadian House of Commons until the end of World War II.[8] British North America Act, 1946This act adjusted the formula for distributing seats in the Canadian House of Commons amongst the provinces and territories.[9] British North America Act, 1949
The British North America Act, 1949 was an Act of the British Parliament, which amended the Constitution of Canada, allowing for the entry of Newfoundland as the tenth province. It was renamed the Newfoundland Act when Canada's Constitution was patriated from the United Kingdom in 1982. This Act should not be confused with the British North America (No. 2) Act 1949 (see below).
British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949The British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted Canada limited powers to amend its own constitution. The Parliament of Canada was thereafter allowed to amend the Canadian constitution in many areas of its own jurisdiction without appealing to the British Parliament first. However, the approval of the British Parliament was still needed for wider constitutional change such as that involving areas of provincial responsibility. Therefore, the Act can best be seen as a "partial patriation" of the Canadian constitution. The Act was repealed in 1982 with the full patriation of the constitution from the United Kingdom and the addition of a new, comprehensive amending formula. This Act is not to be confused with the British North America Act 1949, later renamed the Newfoundland Act in 1982, which confirmed the terms of union between Newfoundland and Canada and made Newfoundland the tenth province. British North America Act, 1951Gave the federal government the power to pass legislation concerning Old Age Pensions while recognizing the right of provincial legislatures to do likewise.[10] While parliament had instituted an Old Age Pension in 1927 it was administered by the provinces and jointly funded by them. This amendment allowed the federal government to administer and operate its own pension plan and allowed it to pass the Old Age Security Act.[11] British North America Act, 1952This act adusted the number of seats in the House of Commons and limited the number of seats a province could lose due to redistribution based on the census to 15% of its previous number. Gave Yukon territory its own Member of Parliament.[12] British North America Act, 1960This act instituted a mandatory retirement age of 75 for all superior court judges. Those appointed prior to the act's passage were exempt.[13] British North America Act, 1964This act expanded the federal government's jurisdiction over pensions to include survivor benefits and disability benefits while continuing to allow provincial legislation. [14] This amendment to the BNA Act made the Canada Pension Plan possible. British North America Act, 1965Renamed the Constitution Act, 1965 in 1982, this legislation was introduced by the government of Lester B. Pearson and instituted a mandatory retirement age of 75 for all persons appointed to the Canadian Senate. Those appointed prior to the passage of the Act were exempt.[15] British North America Act, 1974Changed the rules for the redistribution of seats in the Canadian House of Commons so that Quebec would have 75 seats while other provinces' seat allocation would be determined based on the size of their population in comparison to Quebec's. Provinces continued to be guaranteed to have at least as many MPs as Senators.[16] British North America Act, 1975Increased the number of MPs representing the Northwest Territories into two.[17] British North America Act (No. 2), 1975Increased the number of Senate seats to 104 from 102 and allocated one seat for the Yukon and one for the Northwest Territories.[18]
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