* 2003 – The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo ( now called Behchoko ).

* Anything But Conservative, or ABC campaign, 2008 Canadian federal election political campaign

* 1868 – Thomas D ' Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.

One condition normally taken into account in such a decision is the level of foreign ownership ; federal regulations require that Canadian citizens ultimately own a majority of a broadcast license.

This explanation did not satisfy cultural nationalists, who demanded that the federal cabinet overturn the decision and mandate a minimum of 35 % Canadian content.

* 2008 Ottawa radio licences: On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of two new radio stations, Frank Torres ' CIDG-FM and Astral Media's CJOT-FM, which it had licensed in August 2008 to serve the Ottawa-Gatineau radio market.

Canada's federal government has influenced Canadian culture with programs, laws and institutions.

Maritime trading patterns shifted considerably from mainly trading with New England, Britain, and the Caribbean, to being focused on commerce with the Canadian interior, enforced by the federal government's tariff policies.

It is because of the lack of support for fiscal conservatism that federal parties such as the Canadian Alliance never had much success in the region, and the level of support for the new Conservative Party of Canada in the region is uncertain.

An area within the region where both fiscal and social conservatism do coincide and where the federal Reform Party and Canadian Alliance have met success is in the central-western part of New Brunswick, in the St. John River valley north of Saint John and south of Grand Falls.

In the 1997 federal election, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberals endured a bitter defeat to the PCs and NDP in many ridings as a result of unpopular cuts to unemployment benefits for seasonal workers, as well as closures of several Canadian Forces Bases, the refusal to honour a promise to rescind the Goods and Services Tax, cutbacks to provincial equalization payments, health care, post-secondary education and regional transportation infrastructure such as airports, fishing harbours, seaports, and railways.

Canada did ratify the statute, but had requested an exception because the Canadian federal and provincial governments could not agree on an amending formula for the Canadian constitution.

Previously, the Canadian federal constitution could be amended by solitary act of the Canadian or British parliaments, by formal or informal agreement between the federal and provincial governments, or even simply by adoption as ordinary custom of an oral convention or unwritten tradition that was perceived to be the best way to do something.

Part V of this act established an amending formula for the Canadian constitution, the lack of which ( due to more than 50 years of disagreement between the federal and provincial governments ) was the only reason Canada's constitutional amendments still required approval by the British parliament after ratification of the Statute of Westminster in 1931.

FamilySearch also includes an 1880 United States federal census index, an 1881 British census index, an 1881 Canadian census index, and the U. S. Social Security Death Index, as well as research guides and genealogical word lists.

* John David Ford, Canadian political figure ; Green Party leader in Ottawa South ; candidate in 2004 and 2006 federal elections ( Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 )

* 1957 – John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party rule.

* 1867 – The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada ; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada.

In 1956, using the Constitutional taxation authority of the federal level of government, St-Laurent's government introduced the policy of " Equalization payments " which redistributes taxation revenues between provinces to assist the poorer provinces in delivering government programs and services, a move that has been considered a strong one in solidifying the Canadian federation, particularly with his home province of Québec.

The Canadian colonies received the common law and English statutes under Blackstone's principles for the establishment of the legal system of a new colony.

English and British statutes are part of Canadian law because of the Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, section 129 of the Constitution Act, 1867, and the Statute of Westminster 1931.

The courts, when confronted with violations of Charter rights, have struck down unconstitutional federal and provincial statutes and regulations or parts of statutes and regulations, as they did when Canadian case law was primarily concerned with resolving issues of federalism.

During that time, Citizen's Insurance Co. v. Parsons significantly affected the interpretation of the federal trade and commerce power, McLaren v. Caldwell effectively reduced the federal practice of disallowance and reservation of provincial statutes, and Hodge v. The Queen introduced the double aspect doctrine into Canadian jurisprudence.

He resigned in 1881 when he was appointed to collect and classify Canadian statutes.

The courts, when confronted with violations of Charter rights, have struck down unconstitutional statutes or parts of statutes, as they did when Canadian case law was primarily concerned with resolving issues of federalism.

Although there was no express provision giving the courts the power to decide that a Canadian law violated the BNA Act and was therefore inoperative, this power was implicit in s. 2 of the Colonial Laws Validity Act, which established the priority of statutes to be applied by the courts.

Section 52 ( 2 ), in addition to containing many Imperial Statutes, contains eight Canadian statutes, three of which created provinces, and five of which were amendments to the Constitution Act, 1867.

In these Canadian jurisdictions, a separate school is one operated by a civil authority — a separate school board — with a mandate enshrined in the Canadian Constitution ( for the three provinces ) or in federal statutes ( for the three territories ).

The IFAF uses the name " American football " in its name and statutes, identifying it as being " made up by American football played under whatever set of rules, Canadian football, flag football, touch football, peewee-football, indoor American football and related activities for amateur and professionals ".

Further elements of governance are outlined in the rest of the Canadian constitution, which includes written statutes, court rulings, and unwritten conventions developed over centuries.

* " An Act Judgment rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada on the language of statutes ", Canadian Legal Information Institute

The Canada Labour Code is an Act of Parliament of the Canadian government to consolidate certain statutes respecting labour.

LexisNexis Quicklaw is a Canadian electronic legal research database that provides court decisions from all levels, news reports, provincial and federal statutes, journals, and other legal commentary.

Some scholars have argued that it was actually section 24 that ensured that the Charter would not have the primary flaw of the 1960 Canadian Bill of Rights: Namely, Canadian judges would be reassured that they could indeed strike down statutes on the basis that they contradicted a bill of rights.

The CRTC's simultaneous substitution rules require that when a Canadian network licences a television show from a US network and shows it in the same time slot, upon request by the Canadian broadcaster, Canadian broadcast distributors must replace the show on the US channel with the broadcast of the Canadian channel, along with any overlays and commercials.

According to the laws of Canada, a Canadian whisky must be mashed, distilled and aged in Canada.

While this aspect is similar to Scotch and Irish whisky regulations, it contrasts with the maximum alcoholic proof limits on distillation ( 80 % abv ) and aging ( 62. 5 % abv ) purity allowed in the production of straight whiskey in the U. S. All spirits used in making a Canadian whisky must be aged for at least three years in wooden barrels of not greater than 700 L capacity ( a requirement similar to that for Scotch and Irish whisky and longer than for American straight whisky ).

Laws in some other countries, such as the United States, recognize Canadian whisky as an indigenous product of Canada, and require that products labelled as Canadian whisky must satisfy the laws of Canada that regulate the manufacture of Canadian whisky for consumption in Canada.

Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey, like Canadian whisky, must be aged for at least three years in oak ( new or used, charred or uncharred, at the discretion of the producer ).

Since the act, amendments must now conform to certain specified provisions in the written portion of the Canadian constitution.

In Canadian football ( and, until 1998, the National Football League ), the drop kick can be taken from any point on the field, unlike placekicks, which must be attempted behind the line of scrimmage.

In Canadian football the passer must simply throw the ball across the line of scrimmage — whether he is inside or outside of the " pocket "— to avoid the foul of " intentionally grounding ".

The industry change to steel shot, arising from the US and Canadian Federal bans on using lead shotshells while hunting migratory wildfowl has also had an impact on reloading shotshells, as the shot bar and powder bushing required on a dedicated shotshell press also must be changed for each hull type reloaded, and are different than what would be used for reloading shotshells with lead shot, further complicating the reloading of shotshells.

In Canadian football, the team on defense must line up no nearer than a yard to the line of scrimmage.

By Canadian law, Canadian whiskies must be produced and aged in Canada, be distilled from a fermented mash of cereal grain, be aged in wood barrels with a capacity limit of for not less than three years, and " possess the aroma, taste and character generally attributed to Canadian whisky ".

In the ensuing Canadian federal election, 1926, King appealed for public support of the constitutional principle that the Governor General must accept the advice of his ministers, though this principle was at most only customary.

Under the Broadcasting Act, a network is defined as " any operation where control over all or any part of the programs or program schedules of one or more broadcasting undertakings is delegated to another undertaking or person " and must be licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ).

All persons whose names are put forward to the Queen for approval must first undergo background checks by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

He explained that the experience of Canadian governance-its commitment to pluralism and its support for the rich multicultural diversity of its peoples-is something that must be shared and would be of benefit to all societies in other parts of the world.

[...] I must not however conceal from Your Excellency, that the Gentry, well disposed, and heartily desirous as they are, to serve the Crown, and to serve it with Zeal, when formed into regular Corps, do not relish commanding a bare Militia, they never were used to that Service under the French Government, ( and perhaps for good Reasons ) besides the sudden Dismission of the Canadian Regiment raised in 1764, without Gratuity or Recompence to Offices, who engaged in our Service almost immediately after the Cession of the Country, of taking any Notice of them since, tho ' they all expected half pay, is still uppermost in their Thoughts, and not likely to encourage their engaging a second Time in the same Way ; as to the Habitants or Peasantry, ever since the Civil Authority has been introduced into the Province, the Government of it has hung so loose, and retained so little Power, they have in a Manner emancipated themselves, and it will require Time, and discreet Management likewise, to recall them to their ancient Habits of Obedience and Discipline ; considering all the new Ideas they have been acquiring for these ten years past, can it be thought they will be pleased at being suddenly, and without Preparation embodied into a Militia, and marched from their Families, Lands, and Habitations to remote Provinces, and all the Horrors of War, which they have already experienced ; It would give appearance of Truth to the Language of our Sons of Sedition, at this very Moment busily employed instilling into their Minds, that the Act was passed merely to serve the present Purposes of Government, and in the full Intention of ruling over them with all the Despotism of their ancient Masters.