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Old 04-18-2013, 11:40 AM   #40
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As to the second part of your post, I'm rather curious about that. What would the legal procedure be to nullify the treaties? If there is a valid legal path (that does not require the consent of minorities priveledged by the treaties), then there'd be no need to "tear up" the contract in a sense that is different from nullfiying them legally.
Treaty rights are enshrined in both the charter under s.25 and the Constitution Act under s.35. A government could theoretically remove these with a constitutional amendment. It would also be political suicide to do so.
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