Royal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional Problems
# Royal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional Problems

* This article is part of a series aboutMaurice 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

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], St. Lawrence Seaway, 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]) :

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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.

The commission held 97 public meetings throughout Quebec, received 217 briefs, launched several studies, and finally published a five-volume report in 1956. 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.

