Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution

Introduction: Constitution Building in a Multicultural State / Stephen Tierney


Part 1: The Evolution of Multiculturalism and Federalism in the Canadian Constitution


1 Trudeau as the First Theorist of Canadian Multiculturalism / Hugh Donald Forbes


2 Multicultural Rights, Multicultural Virtues: A History of Multiculturalism in Canada / Michael Temelini


3 The Canadian Model of Diversity in a Comparative Perspective / Will Kymlicka


4 The Death of Deference: the Implications of the Defeat of the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords for Executive Federalism in Canada / Ian Peach


5 Federalism in Canada: A World of Competing Definitions and Views / Marc Chevrier


Part 2: The Management of Pluralism in Canada through Constitutional Law and Policy


6 Repositioning the Canadian State and Minority Languages: Accountability and the Action Plan for Official Languages / Daniel Bourgeois and Andrew F. Johnson


7 Making International Agreements and Making them Work within a Multicultural Federal State: The Experience of Canada / Hugh Kindred


8 New Constitutions and Vulnerable Groups: Brian Dickson's Strategies in Interpreting the 1982 Charter / Jameson Doig


9 Whose Reality? Culture and Context before Canadian Courts / Robert J. Currie


10 Multiculturalism, Equality, and Canadian Constitutionalism: Cohesion and Difference / Joan Small


11 Welfare Rights as Equality Rights? Insights from the Supreme Court of Canada / Katherine Eddy


Appendix


Index
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Stephen Tierney is professor of constitutional law at the University of Edinburgh.


Contributors: Daniel Bourgeois and Andrew F. Johnson, Marc Chevrier, Robert J. Currie, Jameson Doig, Katherine Eddy, Hugh Donald Forbes, Hugh Kindred, Will Kymlicka, Ian Peach, Joan Small, and Michael Temelini.
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