Reference Re Amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act (NS), [1996] 1 S.C.R.

186 is a reference question put to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the ability of the federal government to appoint judges under section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867.

Instead, the Court developed a three-part test to determine whether it is permissible for a provincial government to give powers of a Superior, or "Section 96" Court, to another provincial, or "section 92" court.

If the answer to all three of these questions is "yes", then it is unconstitutional to remove this power.

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