ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Environmental Policy, Urban Sprawl, Justin Trudeau
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Political concepts: federal state federalism in canada. Divisions of powers: our constitution dictates which level of government has power over what. Federal government: power to tax (gst government sales tax, regulates trade and commerce, aboriginal canadians, criminal law, military and defense, enter treaties, laws for peace, order, and good government , navigation and sea shipping, oversees territories. Provincial government: power to tax within province (pst provincial. Justice: national defense, education, public safety, foreign affairs, agricultural, health, fisheries and oceans, environment. Industry: northern affairs, natural resources, lots of these deal directly or indirectly with the environment, they have a minister and bureaucracy that is there to implement the laws created by the legislative. Judicial branch: be non-partisan judges aren"t supposed to be part of a political party. Interpret the law"s meaning: not substitute their preferences for those of elected officials, things that the provincial court of appeals does or the.
