Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Constitutional Reform (1980-1981)

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Constitutional Reform (1980-1981)

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    • Select Committee on Constitutional Reform

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      Dates of existence

      1980-1981

      History

      Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established June 3, 1980 as a result of a resolution was passed in the Ontario Legislature on May 9, 1980. The committee was chaired by John P. MacBeth. Although the final report of the committee was issued on October 21, 1980, they continued to meet until February, 1981.

      A second Select Committee on Constitutional Reform existed in 1987- 1988.

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      The Select Committee on Constitutional Reform was established after a resolution in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario calling for an examination of Ontario's place in the constitution and the best means to carry out constitutional change in Canada. The introduction of the resolution stressed the importance of taking this action in light of the defeat of the Sovereignty/Association referendum in Quebec and the decision by Ottawa to proceed with the 'patriation' of the constitution. The Committee was to examine issues such as an amending formula, entrenchment of a charter of rights, language rights, reform of federal institutions such as the Senate and Supreme Court and the rights of native peoples.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA23

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly controls Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Constitutional Reform (1980-1981)

      Dates of relationship

      1980-1981

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      CA324

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Wayne Crockett