POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Fish Finger, National Energy Board, Clean Technology
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Backdrop in canada: federalism: (federalism is on the final exam) what policy options are realistic and who is responsible over these policies. * federal powers with respect to the environment with respect to the environment section 91 of (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374). The(cid:396)e"s a se(cid:272)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) p(cid:396)ofesso(cid:396) oli(cid:448)es te(cid:454)t(cid:271)ook stati(cid:374)g the (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts of se(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Taxation gives the federal government mandate power to charge corporate taxes, income taxes or taxes on carbon. Regulation of trade and commerce (what can be exported or imported into canada) Indigenous peoples (federal governments duty to have a relationship with indigenous people in canada) Criminal law (criminal tent or actions related to the environment, federal government can come in) Treaty making (international treaty making, about montreal protocol or convention on biological diversity) Peace, order and good government (sort of a morphis catch all in recent decades rarely used by federal government to justify particular action, but an arrow in their quiver to use)
