# April 17, 1982 - Forty years since the Patriation of the Constitution of Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-17-1982-forty-years-since-the-patriation-of-the-constitution-of-canada/962961 "2022-04-17T19:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-17-1982-forty-years-since-the-patriation-of-the-constitution-of-canada/962961/7 "2022-04-18T13:14:54Z")
Quite so. Here it is: > [@Ask the Canuck law-talkin' guys about the Constitution of Canada!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-canuck-law-talkin-guys-about-the-constitution-of-canada/619073): > > Hi, all, Today, April 17, is the 30th anniversary of the [Patriation of the Constitution of Canada](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=canada+1982+constitution+proclamation&hl=en&biw=1276&bih=573&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=xusCfli2j4oSqM:&imgrefurl=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1160497--constitution-anniversary-leaves-tories-cold&docid=5IC3U_9suisXlM&imgurl=http://i.thestar.com/images/ec/ba/5e94f0e641248a6b5f8571677720.jpg&w=615&h=414&ei=nruNT6zkKcjd0QHk3s3IDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=79&vpy=144&dur=142&hovh=184&hovw=274&tx=159&ty=125&sig=109139528408148685446&page=1&tbnh=114&tbnw=152&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:69), and the enactment of the [Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms](http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/charter/page-1.html). To mark the day, some of us Canuck law-talkin’ guys have decided to start a thread for questions about the Constitution of Canada. Spoons and Malthus are on-side, and I hope Muffin will join in as well. Any other Canuck law-talkin’ guys (or gals, of course) who want to join in, please do so. We just have two guiding principles f… Time flies when you’re having fun! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-17-1982-forty-years-since-the-patriation-of-the-constitution-of-canada/962961)._