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	Welcome to the Centre for Constitutional Studies' Constitutional Key Words Web Site.This site is intended to assist members of the public in understanding several key words and concepts that recur in Canadian constitutional debates. The entries are written by experts in the fields of law, political science, history and economics. We hope that the combination of such a popular medium with the fact that the entries were written by prominent scholars will make the website a unique vehicle for students, journalists and other members of the public to access reliable, succinct and accurate information online.
	Aboriginal Rights, Aboriginal Self-Government, Agreement on Internal Trade, Allaire Report, Amending Formula, Analogous Grounds, Asymmetrical Federalism Natural Resources, Notwithstanding Clause Balancing Rights, Beaudoin-Dobbie Committee, Beaudoin-Edwards Committee, Belanger-Campeau, Bill 101, BNA Act Official Languages, Opting Out Centralization and Decentralization, Charlottetown Accord, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Concurrency, Constitutionalism, Constitutional Acts, Convention Partition, Partnership, Patriation, Peace, Order and Good Government, Plan A and Plan B, Preamble, Property and Civil Rights, Property Rights Distinct Society, Delegation and Devolution, Division of Powers, Doctrine of Paramountcy Reservation and Disallowance, Reference re Quebec, Rule of Law Economic Union, Equality of Citizens (Equality Rights), Equality of Provinces, Equalization Program, Existing Aboriginal Rights Separatism, Secession, Social Charter, Social Union, Sovereignty-Association, Spicer Commission, Subsidiarity, Supreme Court of Canada, Supremacy of Parliament Federalism, Federal Spending Power, Freedom of Expression, Fulton-Favreau, Fundamental Freedoms Tax Points, Taxation Power, Trade and Commerce, Treaty Rights Hays-Joyal Committee Veto, Victoria Charter Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Judicial Review Meech Lake Accord