POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: War Measures Act, Concurrent Powers, Enumerated Powers
23 Jan 2017
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10 provinces and 3 territories: provinces are autonomous within the powers given to them in the constitution, territories are constitutionally subordinate to the federal government. Federal + provincial governments often fight, but they frequently help each other out too: cooperate on matters related to health care, finance, the environment, and justice. Federal government sometimes oversteps its bounds try to pass legislation that only the provincial governments can gets thrown out of court. Federalism the division of powers between central and regional governments so that neither is subordinate to the other: closely related to regional economic cleavages and regional identities. Influences canadian political culture: has a major impact on the institutions of the national government, provided in sections 91 and 92 of the constitution act, 1867. Symmetrical federalism when provinces are all treated alike by the constitution and by the federal government.
