Made in Court: Supreme Court Cases That Shaped Canada

Canada has a rich and complex history. Our constitution was provided to us by the British Parliament, three and a quarter centuries after Canada was first inhabited by people largely of European descent. That feature of our history was the result of a treaty between Britain and France signed in 1763, wherein France ceded all its claims to North America save for two tiny islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to be used as victualing ports for its fishing fleet.