Hence my continued dislike of the way the Privy Council interpreted the constitution, keeping it sort of rigid and stereotyped and unable to adapt.
I grew up in an Anglican rectory, and while it's true I reached my adolescence during World War 1, Quebec was remote from the scene.
I have three degrees in history and only one in law, but since I came back to specialize in constitutional law where history is so essentially a part and an explanation of much that exists, the two disciplines blended very well.
I think it's perhaps fair to say we've been one of the most influential Royal Commissions this country ever had and there's nothing we have said that isn't relevant to the present situation.
I was brought in touch with developing post World War I ideas in Europe.
It was to me a wonderful experience both in terms of friendship and intellectual challenge. It was a very wonderful experience.
My father wrote poetry all the time and published a great deal so I was accustomed to it, and I wrote a little bit at Oxford, but not much.
Oxford also taught me something else - it taught me scepticism.
We were beginning to revolt against the old British Empire and its ideas and I met a lot of people in Montreal who shared these views.
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