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Constitution of Canada: Amendments
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As mentioned, amending the Constitution has been a topic of much debate in contemporary Canada, and the two most comprehensive attempts to revise the document have both been defeated. There have... been ten minor amendments to the Constitution since it was patriated in 1982.
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Section 52(3) of the Constitution Act, 1982 says that constitutional amendments can only be made in accordance with the rules laid out in the Constitution itself. The purpose of this section was to entrench constitutional supremacy and remove the ability of legislators to amend the constitution using simple legislation.
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The presence or lack of entrenchment is a fundamental feature of constitutions. Entrenchment refers to whether the constitution is legally protected from modification without a procedure of constitutional amendment. Entrenchment is an inherent feature in most written constitutions. The US constitution is an example of an entrenched constitution, and the UK constitution is an example of a constitution that is not entrenched.
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After the failure of the Victoria Conference in 1971, constitutional reform was not a major issue again until the late 1970s. In 1978, Bill C-60, the Constitutional Amendment Bill, contained a guarantee of:
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