PART V

PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING CONSTITUTION
44.
Subject to sections 41 and 42, Parliament may exclusively make laws amending the Constitution of Canada in relation to the executive government of Canada or the Senate and House of Commons.

45.
Subject to section 41, the legislature of each province may exclusively make laws amending the constitution of the province.

42.
(1) An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters may be made only in accordance with subsection 38(1):
(a)
the principle of proportionate representation of the provinces in the House of Commons prescribed by the Constitution of Canada;
(b)
the powers of the Senate and the method of selecting Senators ;
(c)
the number of members by which a province is entitled to be represented in the Senate and the residence qualifications of Senators;
(d)
subject to paragraph 41(d), the Supreme Court of Canada;
(e)
the extension of existing provinces into the territories; and
(f)
notwithstanding any other law or practice, the establishment of new provinces.

38.
(1) An amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada where so authorized by
(a)
resolutions of the Senate and House of Commons; and
(b)
resolutions of the legislative assemblies of at least two-thirds of the provinces that have, in the aggregate, according to the then latest general census, at least fifty per cent of the population of all the provinces.