POLI 1P98 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Canadian Economics Association, Democratic Deficit, Multilateralism
27 Sep 2017
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Poli 1p98 - lecture 6 - executive federalism and canadian public policy. The relations between elected and appointed officials of the two levels of government in federal-provincial interactions and among the executives of the provinces in interprovincial interactions (smiley) The prevalence of executive federalism depends, in part, on the pm"s decision-making. Executive federalism is prevalent in almost every policy area in canada - except defense, currency, and postal services. Some have argued that many of the most important policy decisions are made in intergovernmental negotiations, not in the elected legislatures. Democratic deficit - citizens have very little direct influence. Some areas of jurisdiction are shared - section 95 of constitution outlines shared responsibilities such as immigration. Some policy issues touch multiple areas of jurisdiction, such as climate change with transportation, energy, water, etc. Some policy issues have extraterritorial effects - pollution. Some policy issues involve shared values or principles - universal access to healthcare, aboriginal land rights, religious tolerance.
