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constitutional abeyances, Quebec and the future of Canada
By Thomas, David M.
"Whistling past the graveyard" was published by Oxford University Press in 1997 - Toronto, it has 263 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Whistling past the graveyard” Metadata:
- Title: Whistling past the graveyard
- Author: Thomas, David M.
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 263
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: 1997
- Publish Location: Toronto
“Whistling past the graveyard” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Constitutional history - Federal government - Politics and government - Nationalism - Autonomy and independence movements - History - Constitutional history, canada - Federal government, canada - Quebec (province), politics and government - Quebec (province), history, autonomy and independence movements - Histoire constitutionnelle - Fédéralisme - Nationalisme
- Places: Canada - Québec (Province)
- Time: 1960-
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xxvii, 263 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL19621571M - OL2123836W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 37491503 - 39680474
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 97930842 - 98135955 - cn97930842
- ISBN-10: 019541215X
- All ISBNs: 019541215X
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In this volume, David Thomas interprets Canada's ongoing constitutional crisis from a new and unusual perspective. Maintaining that 'constitutions conceal as well as reveal', he explores the notion of constitutional abeyances developed by British scholar Michael Foley. Canada's abeyances - deliberately murky areas of irresolution, unsettlement, and ambiguity - were long buried under the Constitution Act of 1867. This Act avoided clear statements on many of the new country's most intractable issues, in particular, the status of Quebec. The author traces how and why an acceptable 'settled unsettlement' of this and other key abeyances lasted for almost a century. He analyses when, why, and how the abeyance of Quebec's status finally surfaced in the face of rising Quebec nationalism. In the final chapter, Dr. Thomas contends that we can no longer 'whistle past the graveyard' by ignoring Quebec's nationalist aspirations. In our search for constitutional peace, we must tackle the 'mega-abeyance of duality'. The challenge resides in doing so while at the same time maintaining and revitalizing the wider Canadian federal system of which Quebec may yet remain a part.
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