Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1949, tsohon lauyan shari'o'in Kotun Koli da yawa, St-Laurent ya kawo ƙarshen aikin da ake yi na yin roƙo ga shari'o'in shari'a na Kanada ga Kwamitin Shari'a na Privy Council na Burtaniya, yana mai da Kotun Koli ta Kanada babbar hanyar da ake da ita na neman shari'a ga 'yan Kanada. A waccan shekarar, St-Laurent ya yi shawarwari da Dokar Arewacin Amurka ta Burtaniya (Lamba 2) Dokar, 1949 tare da Burtaniya wanda ya 'ƙaddara' tsarin mulkin Kanada, mafi mahimmanci yana ba Majalisar Kanada ikon gyara sassan tsarin mulki. Hakanan a cikin 1949, bayan kuri'un raba gardama biyu
a cikin lardin, St-Laurent da Firayim Minista Joey Smallwood sun yi shawarwari game da shigar Newfoundland cikin Confederation.