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

• Select Committee on Constitutional Reform

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.

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.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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.

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