PLG 830 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Capital Commission, Transport Canada, Trade Regulation
4 Feb 2019
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Federal: national defence, foreign affairs, employment insurance, banking, federal taxes, postal service. Provincial: direct taxes, hospitals, prisons, education, marriage, property and civil rights. Municipal: libraries, parks, community water, local roadways, local police, parking. Municipalities are creatures of the province and are 100% beholden to the province; they set the rules for the municipality (only exist because of the province) But federal government impacts municipalities in other ways: trade regulation, transport canada, ports, railways, Immigrants move to urban areas (immigration is a federal policy: national interest rate (bank prime, national capital commission. Actions of federal gov"t have significant long term and uneven effects on growth and change in cities and regions across the country. Grants more authority to the municipality than found in general provincial legislation: enter into agreements with other governments, new ways to raise revenue. Example of the province giving the municipality some power: enabled by the province.
