Just as the 1960s are remembered by Canadian historians as the decade of the Quiet Revolution, so the 1980s will be remembered as the decade of the Charter Revolution. The adoption of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms 3 in 1982 has transformed both the practice and theory of Canadian politics. It has replaced a century-old tradition of parliamentary supremacy with a new regime of constitutional supremacy that verges on judicial supremacy. Judges have abandoned the deference and