| When the Constitution was patriated in 1982, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms became a fundamental part of it. |
| Equalization was entrenched in the Constitution in 1982 when it was unilaterally patriated. |
| Federalism has not evolved since 1982, since his government unilaterally patriated the Constitution, since the Meech Lake accord was deep-sixed. |
| Canada is being built on the foundation of a patriated constitution, on the Canadian social union, on the clarity act. |
| I said earlier that when the Constitution was patriated in 1982, the first nations were invited. |
| In 1982 he went back to his strategy of taking a hard line in dealing with Québec and patriated the Constitution without its agreement. |
