POLI 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: North American Free Trade Agreement

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 371
• Professor: Christa Scholtz

Document Summary

Poli 371: lecture 16: (federalism and the economy: etp, transfers under program = unconditional, management of economy, how does federalism create incentives, trade, policy in respect to intl and national trade, regional development/ trade policies can clash, divisions of powers, core of what federalism means in canada. 92(13: can influence environmental regulations, gives provinces ctrl over what one would call (non tariff barriers to trade, feds control over procurement contracts, over standards have impact on flow of trade, head of power (trade and commerce) 80s: goes to scc, involve general motors and leasing co, when dealing with economy, provinces and courts have roles to play central tension to federalism, incentives because electoral convention, pass regulations that protect own industries to the detriment of others not tariff barriers, constitution does not allow that fed govts not always disinterested in provincial impacts of policies votes like when key critical industries are supported basic econ policy 1867, macdonald national policy.