Canada Act

The Canada Act 1982 was adopted by the British Parliament in 1982, eliminating the British control over certain aspects of State administration in Canada.

After in 1931 the Statute of Westminster took effect, Canada obtained, like other British dominions Australia and New Zealand, as full self-government and were in fact independent of the motherland. Because there is disagreement persisted in Canada about how the Canadian Constitution could be changed remained the British Parliament until 1982 the last word on any constitutional amendment that was approved by the Canadian Parliament . This situation came at the initiative of the Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to an end and then took the British Parliament at the request of Canada the Canada Act to. As part of this law was theConstitution Act 1982 which included the Canadian Charter of Rights and freedoms part.

During a visit of Queen Elizabeth to Canada was on april 17, 1982 Canada Act to Ottawa the ceremonially signed.