The Government of Quebec referred a question to the Quebec Court of Appeal asking whether its consent was constitutionally required, by convention, for the adoption of a resolution to amend the Canadian Constitution in a way that affected its legislative competence or status.
The Court of Appeal answered in the negative, and Quebec appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that Quebec has no conventional power of veto over constitutional amendments.
The Court reaffirmed its previous ruling that there is no conventional rule of unanimity among the provinces, and found that Quebec failed to demonstrate that the other political actors had recognized or accepted a specific conventional veto power for Quebec.
