PSCI 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sept, Equalization Payments, Distinct Society
22 Mar 2016
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Writen consituion: clearly deine division of power (interstate) Has to be amending formula to make changes in consituion. One that needs agreement from provinces and federal. Have to be courts to act as an umpire in federal game in deciding jurisdicional disputes. Federal gov. is constructed in way for representaion of consituent units (provinces) Really understand the diference between inter and intra state federalism. For tests think of how all of this relates to the canadian case . Popular sovereignty: people come together and form a naion and give the naion certain powers. We feel it will beneit us (public roads and schools etc) No elecion or referendum called when federalism instated. Why would we ask the people we are briish and follow those laws. Mr brown: french canadianism gon completely (great) Plebiscite: the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public quesion such as a change in the consituion.
