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What does POGG stand for?

Peace, Order and Good Government (Commonwealth)


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Samples in periodicals archive:
Section 91 provides the areas of legislative authority for the Parliament of Canada including the Peace, Order and Good Government [POGG] clause which provides that: It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make laws for the Peace, Order and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces; .
In effect: "The Governor acting in his discretion shall have the power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The president also gave himself the power "to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Fiji" and said the validity of any decree cannot be tested in court.
The Federal Government has the power to "make laws for the peace, order and good government of Canada" which includes International policies, Defence, Immigration, Criminal Law, Customs and Border control.
Once they've established their own legislation, the only way the federal government could override it is under the peace, order and good government clause in the Constitution.
Jurisprudence has sided with the federal government in areas of "national concern" about pollution, invoking the federal responsibilities for peace, order and good government.
And the world needs the peace, order and good government that Canada exemplifies.
Peace, order and good government at the international level requires that all nations be subject to the same rights, obligations and protections.

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