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Old 03-04-2011, 07:57 PM   #77
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Originally Posted by Vulcan View Post
When Trudeau invoked the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, many thought that he had changed the basis of our government from the British to the French model.
First past the post, common law, supremacy of the legislature over the executive... we're on the British system.

Quebec uses civic law for private law, but that's it.

The US government has more French influence than ours does IMO, most notably in the role of the head of state.
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