Section 36 Equal Opportunities] (1)Without altering the legislative authority of Parliament or of the provincial legislatures, or the rights of any of them with respect to the exercise of their legislative authority, Parliament and the legislatures, together with the government of Canada and the provincial govemments, are committed to (a)promoting equal opportunities for the wellbeing of Canadians, opportunities; and (c) providing essential public services of reasonable quality to al Canadians (2) Parliament and the government of Canada are committed to the principle of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of publ services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation Part V Procedure for Amending the Constitution of Canada Section 38 (Qualified Proceedings (1) An amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the govemor General under the great Seal of Canada where so authorized by (a) resolutions of the Senate and the House of Commons, and (b)resolutions of the legislative assemblies of at least two-thirds of the provinces that have, in the aggregate, according to the then latest general census, at least fifty per cent of the population of the provinces. (2)An amendment made under Subsection(1)that derogates from the legislative powers, the proprietary rights or any other rights or privileges of the legislature or government of a province shall require a resolution supported by a majority of the members of each of the Senate, the House of Commons and the legislative assemblies required under Subsection(1) 3)An amendment referred to in Subsection(2)shall not have effect in a province the legislative assembly of which has expressed its dissent thereto by resolution supported by a majority of its members prior to the sue of the proclamation to which the amendment relates unless that sative assembly, subsequently, by resolution supported by a majority of its members, revokes its dissent and authorizes the amendment. (4)A resolution of dissent made for the purposes of Subsection(3)may be revoked at any time before or after the issue of the proclamation to which Section 39 Delayed Enforcement (1)A proclamation shall not be issued under Section 38(1) before the expiration of one year from the adoption of the resolution initiating the amendment procedure, unless the legislative assembly of each province has previously adopted a resolution of assent or dissent (2)A procl on shall not be issued under Section 38(1) expiration of three years from the adoption of the resolution initiating the amendment procedure thereunder. Section 40[Compensation] Where an amendment is made under Section 38(1)that transfers provincial legislative powers relating to education or other cultural matters from provincial legislatures to Parliament, Canada shall provide reasonable compensation to any province to which the amendment does not apply Section 41 [Highly Qualified Proceedings] An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under Senate and House of Commons and of the legislative assemblies of each (a) the office of the Queen, the governor General, and the lieutenantSection 36 [Equal Opportunities] (1) Without altering the legislative authority of Parliament or of the provincial legislatures, or the rights of any of them with respect to the exercise of their legislative authority, Parliament and the legislatures, together with the government of Canada and the provincial governments, are committed to (a) promoting equal opportunities for the wellbeing of Canadians; (b) furthering the economic development to reduce disparity in opportunities; and (c) providing essential public services of reasonable quality to all Canadians. (2) Parliament and the government of Canada are committed to the principle of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation. Part IV Constitutional Conference {...} Part V Procedure for Amending the Constitution of Canada Section 38 [Qualified Proceedings] (1) An amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada where so authorized by (a) resolutions of the Senate and the House of Commons; and (b) resolutions of the legislative assemblies of at least two-thirds of the provinces that have, in the aggregate, according to the then latest general census, at least fifty per cent of the population of the provinces. (2) An amendment made under Subsection (1) that derogates from the legislative powers, the proprietary rights or any other rights or privileges of the legislature or government of a province shall require a resolution supported by a majority of the members of each of the Senate, the House of Commons and the legislative assemblies required under Subsection (1). (3) An amendment referred to in Subsection (2) shall not have effect in a province the legislative assembly of which has expressed its dissent thereto by resolution supported by a majority of its members prior to the issue of the proclamation to which the amendment relates unless that legislative assembly, subsequently, by resolution supported by a majority of its members, revokes its dissent and authorizes the amendment. (4) A resolution of dissent made for the purposes of Subsection (3) may be revoked at any time before or after the issue of the proclamation to which it relates. Section 39 [Delayed Enforcement] (1) A proclamation shall not be issued under Section 38 (1) before the expiration of one year from the adoption of the resolution initiating the amendment procedure, unless the legislative assembly of each province has previously adopted a resolution of assent or dissent. (2) A proclamation shall not be issued under Section 38 (1) after the expiration of three years from the adoption of the resolution initiating the amendment procedure thereunder. Section 40 [Compensation] Where an amendment is made under Section 38 (1) that transfers provincial legislative powers relating to education or other cultural matters from provincial legislatures to Parliament, Canada shall provide reasonable compensation to any province to which the amendment does not apply. Section 41 [Highly Qualified Proceedings] An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada only where authorized by resolutions of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislative assemblies of each province: (a) the office of the Queen, the Governor General, and the Lieutenant Governor of a province;