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Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution
Edited by Stephen Tierney
Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution examines
the constitutional, institutional, and legal aspects
of two vital dimensions of “difference” in Canada:
multiculturalism and federalism, and French-English
relations. Contributors situate contemporary legislation
and policy within its historical and political context and
address key components of the evolving Canadian
story: the evolution of multiculturalism within constitutional
law and policy; the territorial dimension of
federalism, which also embraces language policy; and
the role that constitutional interpretation by the courts
has played to construct and enhance Canada as a selfconsciously
multicultural state.
Contents
Foreword / Dyane Adam
Introduction: Constitution Building in a Multicultural State /
Stephen Tierney
Part 1: Evolution of Multiculturalism and Federalism in
the Canadian Constitution
1 Trudeau as the First Theorist of Canadian Multiculturalism /
Donald Forbes
2 Multicultural Rights, Multicultural Virtues: A History of
Multiculturalism in Canada / Michael Temelini
3 The Canadian Model of Diversity in a Comparative
Perspective / Will Kymlicka
4 The Death of Deference: The Implications of the Defeat of
the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords for Executive
Federalism in Canada / Ian Peach
5 Federalism in Canada: A World of Competing Definitions and
Views / Marc Chevrier
Part 2: Management of Pluralism in Canada through
Constitutional Law and Policy
6 Repositioning the Canadian State and Minority Languages:
Accountability and the Action Plan for Official Languages /
Daniel Bourgeois and Andrew F. Johnson
7 Making International Agreements and Making them Work
within a Multicultural Federal State: The Experience of
Canada / Hugh Kindred
8 New Constitutions and Vulnerable Groups: Brian Dickson’s
Strategies in Interpreting the 1982 Charter / Jameson Doig
9 Whose Reality? Culture and Context before Canadian Courts /
Robert J. Currie
10 Multiculturalism, Equality, and Canadian Constitutionalism:
Cohesion and Difference / Joan Small
11 Welfare Rights as Equality Rights? Insights from the
Supreme Court of Canada / Katherine Eddy
Appendix: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Contributors
Index
Stephen Tierney is Reader in Law at the
University of Edinburgh.
2007, 6 x 9”
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cloth $85.00
0-7748-1446-2 / 978-0-7748-1446-1
paper $32.95 (publishing July 2008)
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