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 ===Legislated laws===
-Legislated laws are the rules that govern our day-to-day lives. The federal and provincial governments both have the authority to make legislation, like the provincial ''Motor Vehicle Act'', which says how fast you can go and that you need to have a licence and insurance to drive a car, or the federal ''Criminal Code'', which says that it's an offence to stalk someone, to steal or to shout "fire" in a crowded theatre.
+Legislated laws are the rules that govern our day-to-day lives. The federal and provincial governments both have the authority to make legislation, like the provincial ''Motor Vehicle Act'', which says how fast you can go and that you need to have a licence and insurance to drive a car, or the federal ''Criminal Code'', which says that it's an offence to stalk someone, to steal, or to shout "fire" in a crowded theatre.
 Because of the ''[http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/Const_index.html Constitution of Canada]'', each level of government can only make legislation on certain subjects, and normally the sorts of things one level of government can make rules about can't be regulated by the other level of government. For example, only the federal government can make laws about divorce, and only the provincial government can make laws about property.