POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Presidential System, Schauder Basis, Precedent

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 1101
• Professor: Wolfgang Koerner

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Constitution of canada: body of understandings defining the basic institutions of government and the relationships between them, plus the relationships between governments in the federal system, and between the citizens and those governments. Constitution act of 1867: outlines the rules by which government is to be conducted in canada. Preamble ca(cid:374)ada is to ha(cid:448)e (cid:858)a (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) si(cid:373)ila(cid:396) to that of the u(cid:374)ited. S. 91 peace, order, and good government (pogg: broad grant of power to federal gov, residual. Whenever something comes along and it does not come under the authority of either the federal or provincial governments, it is meant to go to the level of government that has the residuary power. In canada this residual power is given to the central government federalism. Subsection 3 the ability to tax in any way. Subsection 2 the right to regulate trade.