05-08-2023, 12:33 PM
(05-07-2023, 11:57 AM)jwilliamson Wrote:(05-06-2023, 09:07 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Yes, the constitution can be amended, in principle. The last two attempts both failed, though, and the current odds of a successful amendment are very long given that we have several rather intransigent provinces.
There were four amendments passed in 2022. If Ontario wanted to get rid of Catholic schools, I'm doubtful the other provinces would put up much of a fight.
Yes. We're not the US. I went to a Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal school when I was a kid, and that board doesn't exist anymore.
Wikipedia says: "According to s. 43, any amendment applying to one or more, but not all, provinces must be "authorized by resolution of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislative assembly of each province to which the amendment applies."[7]"