caa a22 4500 388106808 CHVBK 20180307125341.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0008423900010088 doi S0008423900010088 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0008423900010088 Romney Paul Provincial Equality, Special Status and the Compact Theory of Canadian Confederation [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Romney] Historically, Canadian Confederation was both a compact of equal provinces and a compact of founding peoples, which established the province of Quebec in order to conserve French-Canadian culture in its historic homeland. This observation suggests a solution to the apparent conflict between the principle of provincial equality and the demand for special status for Quebec. The appearance of conflict arises from the habit of equating constitutional status with legislative power. If one distinguishes between status and power, it becomes possible to preserve the constitutional equality of the provinces while according special powers to the government of Quebec in furtherance of its unique historic purpose. Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association (l'Association canadienne de science politique) and/et la Société québécoise de science politique 1999 Canadian Journal of Political Science Cambridge University Press 32/1(1999-03), 21-39 0008-4239 32:1<21 1999 32 CJP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423900010088 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423900010088 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Romney Paul NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Canadian Journal of Political Science Cambridge University Press 32/1(1999-03), 21-39 0008-4239 32:1<21 1999 32 CJP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge