Canada's First Constitution
Pierre Bédard on Tolerance and Dissent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6237285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Ajzenstat (University of Calgary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-57 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423900011616 |
| OpenAlex | W2014387917 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
Pierre Bédard, leader of the French Canadian party in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1792 until 1812, and a staunch defender of British political institutions, is compared with two of his compatriots whose opinion of the British system is less admiring. To understand the dilemma of colonial politics Bédard attempts to reconcile the idea of tolerance and freedom that he finds in British constitutional authorities like Locke and Blackstone with his perception, illuminated by those same authorities, that British rule in Lower Canada was intolerant. What emerges is an unmatched description of the constitutional principle enabling free criticism of government in Parliament and in the press. Blanchet and Taschereau, in contrast, provide an argument that promotes reflection on the limits of political dissent even in an essentially tolerant polity
Constitution · Criticism · Dilemma · Dissent · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Polity · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Canadian Identity and History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2017 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |