POLI 101 Lecture 3: Poli 101 Chapter 3
11 Feb 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Regionalism: a political identity based on a shared sense of place. James madison (federalist papers: more protection of personal freedoms and group rights. Canada"s regions: 4 regions, quebec, ontario, the west, bc,ab,sk,mb, although sometimes bc is separated from the prairies, atlantic, ns,nb,pei,nfld, the territories, manifests through: party system, economic disparities, western alienation, and intergovernmental jurisdictional conflicts. Regionalism manifestations: party system: different parties at different levels, ex: liberal party of canada is not affiliated with the bc liberal party or the. Idea is to balance out disparities in economics and provincial income. Haves and have nots : fund comes from federal revenues (not other provinces, but - have provinces pay more in federal taxes because they"re making more money. Regionalism manifestations: western alienation: western provinces have been frustrated with secondary role to on and qc since joining. Canada: macdonald"s national policy to present day, economic conflicts, representation (lack of, population.
