HLTC43H3 Lecture 10: HLTC03 LECTURE 10.docx
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Federalism: formation of federation to unite diverse communities, bicameral legislature : two houses. Bna act and constituion act: bna act, 1867 and amendments, create federation: provinces, territories, parliament, provincal legislatures. Prominent trends in public policy making: shared vision and policy framework, governments working together more than in the past and with other sectors, federal recognition of authority and responsibility for most social and health programs in. Incremental increases in public spending provincal and territorial governments: expansion of knowledge base of policy sectors, executive dominance over legislative role. Evolution of canadian federalism: three periods. 4 phases of canadian national policy change: 1980-1984: maintain the social safety net, 1984-1988: social program costs restraint, 1988-1997: restructuring state social role, 1997-present: reparation of social union. This last period, they claim to resolve their interelationship btw governments. There was considerable reduction in social programs. The social union framework agreement: series of processes and structures.
