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Attorney General of Ontario v. Attorney General of Canada (Local Prohibition Case), 1896

From: The Court and the Constitution

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that the federal power to enact laws for the peace, order and good government of Canada ought to be strictly confined to such matters as are unquestionably of Canadian interest and importance and ought not to trench upon any classes of subjects reserved to provincial jurisdiction.

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Tom Bateman

Thomas Bateman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.

Janet Hieber

Janet Hiebert is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston.

Rainer Knopff

Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.

Peter Russell

Peter H. Russell is Professor of political science (Emeritus) at the University of Toronto.