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It was a milestone moment for the evolution of Canadian law and government on this date in 1982 with the passage of theby the British House of Commons. This meant that British MPs officially approved the patriation of Canada’s Constitution with its new Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It also marked the end of any form of any last vestiges of British colonial rule in Canada.
A few weeks later, on March 25, the British House of Lords also placed its stamp of approval on the Act. Queen Elizabeth II signed the proclamation in Ottawa on April 17, 1982, on Parliament Hill. The constitutional changes that Her Majesty the Queen officially signed-off on – including firmly cementing Canada as a constitutional monarchy by making it almost impossible to remove the Crown from Canadian Life – changed our nation forever, by ending British legislative jurisdiction over Canada.
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