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Emmett Macfarlane ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@EmmMacfarlane

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Prof. Canadian politics & constitutional law.
Author: Governing from the Bench; Constitutional Pariah; Legislating under the Charter

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Very cool to have one of my pieces on positive rights and section 7 of the Charter cited in this big Federal Court of Appeal decision on youth appellants seeking to challenge the government on climate change inaction. decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisiโ€ฆ

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In โ€œProvincial Constitutions, the Amending Formula, and Unilateral Amendments to the Constitution of Canada: An Analysis of Quebecโ€™s Bill 96,โ€ Emmett Macfarlane ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ argues that provinces cannot make direct amendments to the Canadian Constitution.

In โ€œProvincial Constitutions, the Amending Formula, and Unilateral Amendments to the Constitution of Canada: An Analysis of Quebecโ€™s Bill 96,โ€ @EmmMacfarlane argues that provinces cannot make direct amendments to the Canadian Constitution. #ohlj #Bill96 #Quebec #constitution
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Shit. I thought I was tweeting over at The Good Place. Come over to Bluesky everyone. It's truly Twitter circa the good ol' days. I've only had to block ONE account so far! Back to my radio silence here.

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Anyway, I'll take critiques about my not knowing anything about politics because I don't 'do politics' more seriously when they come from people who don't have jobs where half the work involves obfuscation and making society more stupid.

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Think about how often you hear 'you can't govern if you can't win' as a explicit excuse for failing to live up to promises, or even for enacting outright damaging/dangerous policy.

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[Some of] the people who 'do real politics' for a living shit on those who study and analyze it for a living because they know (and often publicly state outright) that what they care about is winning votes for their party - not improving lives, good governance, or principle.

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I'm gonna be more cynical than Dr. Chouinard's thoughtful take: political operatives don't like political scientists because so much of the news, and therefore our public-facing commentary, is on how fucked our governance is, something for which they carry so much of the blame.

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