https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277988 The Canada Temperance Act, as re-enacted in 1927, was treated as materially identical to earlier provisions already upheld as valid Dominion legislation. The Board held that the controlling question was whether the subject-matter was, by its inherent nature, one of federal concern, not whether an emergency existed at the time of re-enactment. It also held that the earlier authority had become settled constitutional law after long acceptance and application, and that a valid Dominion measure could be re-enacted for preventive purposes even where provincial liquor legislation also operated. The Act was therefore constitutionally valid, the earlier decision was not overruled, and the appeal failed. en-us Mon, 21 Jan 1946 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:27:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277988 The Canada Temperance Act, as re-enacted in 1927, was treated as materially identical to earlier provisions already upheld as valid Dominion legislation. The Board held that the controlling question was whether the subject-matter was, by its inherent nature, one of federal concern, not whether an emergency existed at the time of re-enactment. It also held that the earlier authority had become settled constitutional law after long acceptance and application, and that a valid Dominion measure could be re-enacted for preventive purposes even where provincial liquor legislation also operated. The Act was therefore constitutionally valid, the earlier decision was not overruled, and the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Jan 1946 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277988