The Making of the Canadian Constitution: Address by the Hon. G. W. Ross, Before the Women's Canadian Club, Montreal, January 21st, 1908 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Making of the Canadian Constitution: Address by the Hon. G. W. Ross, Before the Women's Canadian Club, Montreal, January 21st, 1908

Council composed of men fairly matured-the minimum age being thirty years. They must be men of modest substance at least. Their duties and honours are to continue durin life. They are not to be displaced by the fluctuations of public opinion or the rise and fall of political parties. They are in a certain sense a Court of Appeal, standing between the Agitator and the Constitution, in dependent of the one and sworn to teet the other. They are joint advisers of His Majesty, w1th t e House oi_ Commons tn all matters of legislation, and inherit the example and traditions of the corresponding Chamber in the British Parliament to be followed or avoided as their conscience and the public interests permit.

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