Part X – Intercolonial Railway

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Part X – Intercolonial Railway is the section of the Constitution Act, 1867 that sets out Canada’s constitutional commitment to construct and maintain an intercolonial railway linking the Maritime provinces with central Canada.


Statements (33)
Predicate Object
instanceOf part of a constitutional statute
provision of the Constitution of Canada
appliesTo Maritime provinces
central Canada
bindingOn Government of Canada
Parliament of Canada
constitutionalCommitment construction of an intercolonial railway
maintenance of an intercolonial railway
constitutionalStatus entrenched
country Canada
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom
enactedIn 1867
governs obligations regarding the intercolonial railway
hasJurisdiction Canada
hasTitle Part X – Intercolonial Railway
historicalContext Confederation of Canada in 1867
language English
French
legalForm statutory provision
legalNature constitutional obligation
legalSystem Canadian constitutional law
locatedInDocument Part X of the Constitution Act, 1867
partOf Constitution Act, 1867
purpose to ensure maintenance of an intercolonial railway
to link the Maritime provinces with central Canada by rail
to provide for the construction of an intercolonial railway
regionLinked Maritime provinces
central Canada
relatedTo federal responsibility for interprovincial transportation
terms of union of the Maritime provinces
subjectMatter federal public works
intercolonial railway
transportation infrastructure

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Constitution Act, 1867
containsPart
Part X – Intercolonial Railway
hasTitle

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