The Parliament of Canada was granted limited power to amend the constitution by a British Act of Parliament in 1949, but it was not permitted to affect the powers of provincial governments, the official positions of the English and French languages, rights of any class of persons with respect to schools, or the maximum five-year term of the legislature.
Parlamentu Kanade dopušteno je ograničeno izmjenjivanje ustava Britanskim parlamentarnim aktom iz 1949. godine, ali nije bilo dopušteno utjecati na moć provincijskih vlada, službeni položaj engleskog i francuskog jezika, ili maksimalni petogodišnji mandat zakonodavstva.