unconstitutional by the Superior Court of Justice. Trudeau said he did not intend to intervene in the matter. The Legislative Assembly dropped Bill 31 when the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the initial ruling of the Superior Court. In 2019, the Alberta Leader of the Opposition wrote an open letter to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta asking her to reserve royal assent on the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprises Act, 2019. The Lieutenant Governor declined. In New Zealand Disallowance and reservation were powers granted to the imperial government and the governor respectively in the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. They were at first used relatively frequently, but as in other self-governing colonies the practice of overruling local legislation soon stopped. The current Constitution Act, passed in 1986 to replace the 1852 Act, makes no mention of either power. See also legislatively-referred referendum and abrogative referendum, powers analogous to Reservation and Disallowance in a constitutional theory based on popular sovereignty, rather than sovereignty of the Crown. Canadian federalism Manitoba Schools Question New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 § Effect References Bibliography Gerard La Forest, "Disallowance and Reservation of Provincial Legislation" (Ottawa: Department of Justice, 1955). Gerard V. La Forest, "Delegation of Legislative Power in Canada" in McGill Law Journal. Constitution of Canada Federalism in Canada British Empire Westminster system Constitution of New Zealand