3 The Canadian Model of Multiculturalism in a Comparative Perspective

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Constitution Building in a Multicultural State 3
5. The Evolution of Multiculturalism and Federalism in the Canadian Constitution
6. Trudeau as the First Theorist of Canadian Multiculturalism 27
7. Multicultural Rights, Multicultural Virtues: A History of Multiculturalism in Canada 43
8. The Canadian Model of Multiculturalism in a Comparative Perspective 61
9. The Death of Deference: The Implications of the Defeat of the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords for Executive Federalism in Canada 91
10. Federalism in Canada: A World of Competing Definitions and Views 108
11. The Management of Pluralism in Canada through Constitutional Law and Policy
12. Repositioning the Canadian State and Minority Languages: Accountability and the Action Plan for Official Languages 129
13. Making International Agreements and Making Them Work within a Multicultural Federal State: The Experience of Canada 147
14. New Constitutions and Vulnerable Groups: Brian Dickson’s Strategies in Interpreting the 1982 Charter 164
15. Whose Reality? Culture and Context before Canadian Courts 182
16. Multiculturalism, Equality, and Canadian Constitutionalism: Cohesion and Difference 196
17. Welfare Rights as Equality Rights? Insights from the Supreme Court of Canada 212
18. Appendix: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 227
19. Contributors 237
20. Index 240
21. Law and Society 247