In Canada, the arrangements relating to the federal government can be amended by an ordinary Act Of Parliament without provincial ratification entering into the picture.
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13 posted on 09/09/2006 3:11:25 AM PDT by goldstategop
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In Australia in contrast, such things would be deemed unconstitutional - it needs referendum by the people in additional to parliamentary approval as well.
14 posted on 09/09/2006 3:13:43 AM PDT by NZerFromHK
(The languages may be dialects, but America is different from the Anglo world due to US Founding.)