Loading ...Former Canadian Supreme Court judge defends Alberta’s proposed ‘Sovereignty Act’
‘What’s so terrible about the province saying, ‘if you want to impose on us, you better be sure you’re doing it constitutionally?”
Major said that he did not find the act to be “radical” – as has been suggested by many, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – adding, “I don’t find that [act] particularly alarming.”
He also noted that the act, if used by the legislature, could face scrutiny by Canada’s Supreme Court, but the onus would be on the court to show whether the province’s use of the act contravenes the constitution, not the other way around.