POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Federalism, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Canada Health Act

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2300
• Professor: Ajay Sharma

Document Summary

Its their relationship between government and society and what to expect: federalism lays out a foundation. It is a defining feature of canadian democracy: no national department of education, national health care system, aboriginal poverty and labour force development, pan-canadian challenges. Overview: federalism in context, the origins of canadian federalism. Ca(cid:374)ada"s s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) of go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:396)e(cid:373)ai(cid:374)s an amalgam of the united kingdom and the. United states (central authority and regional authority): we take federalism from the united states, federalism works very well in larger countries. Federalism is a system of governance featuring at least two orders of government each of these governments derives its authority from a distinct electorate. You have to be elected its sovereignty from a separate basis legally it has its own rights and another government cannot come in and violate those rights its jurisdiction from a common constitution. Their power comes from a written document. Neither order can alter or revoke the powers of the other.