ADM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Canadian Human Rights Act, Department Of Finance Canada
20 Oct 2013
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Canada is a democracy, a constitutional monarchy and federal state, w/ 10 largely self-governing provinces and three territories: most business are regulated by provincial legislature, federal: foreign, military, provincial: education, health, environment. A federal state: a federal state is one that brings together a number of different political communities with a common government for common purposes, and separate states or. Provincial governments for the particular purposes of each community: federalism combines unity with diversity, the british north america act, 1867, was the instrument that brought the canadian federation into existence. The constitution: the constitution act, 1982 did not give canada a new constitution minor changes after. Canada: governed by a system of parliamentary democracy with powers divided among the various levels of government that constitute our federalist state. Some examples of federal government exclusive national powers: direct and indirect taxation, regulation of trade and commerce, the public debt and property .
