Royal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional Problems

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Maurice Duplessis

Family
Law career

Pre-premiership politics (1923-1935)

Conservative Party of Quebec
1923 campaign
1927 election
1931 election
1935 election

First premiership (1936-1939)

1936 election
Union Nationale (Action libérale nationale)
Great Depression in Canada
Padlock Law (Switzman v Elbling)
1939 election (opposition to conscription)
Return to the Official Opposition

Second premiership (1944-1959)

Politics

Elections (1944, 1948, 1952, 1956)
Flag of Quebec
Autonomism in Quebec (Fight for provincial autonomy, Tremblay Commission)
Censorship
Natural gas scandal [fr] (Salvas Commission [fr])
Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses (R v Boucher, Roncarelli v Duplessis)

Economy

Post-World War II economic expansion
Baby boom
Labour strikes (Montreal Cottons, Asbestos, Louiseville [fr], Murdochville)
Investments (Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, Office de l'électrification rurale [fr], Manicouagan, Autoroutes of Quebec)

Legacy and cultural references

Grande Noirceur
Opposition press (Le Devoir (The Negro-King theory [fr]), Cité Libre)
Charbonneau et le Chef [fr]
Duplessis Orphans
Duplessis (TV series)
Toponyms (autoroute, provincial riding, Boulevard Maurice-Duplessis [fr])

The Royal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional Problems or Tremblay Commission was called for by the premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis in 1953. The commission, chaired by Mr. Justice Thomas Tremblay, studied the problem of tax sharing between different levels of government and greater constitutional problems in Canada.^[1]

The commission held 97 public meetings throughout Quebec, received 217 briefs, launched several studies, and finally published a five-volume report in 1956.^[1] It proposed a maximum level of taxation be established, the provincial responsibility for unemployment benefits, and a shared personal and corporate tax scheme between the federal and provincial governments.

References

^ ^a ^b Bélanger, Claude (1998). "Tremblay Report And Provincial Autonomy In The Duplessis Era (1956)". Marianopolis College. Retrieved August 26, 2022.