POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: New Economics Foundation, Canadian Federalism
25 Feb 2014
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Governme nt: federalism more than one level of government that get power from separate sources. On slides : confederalism regional government has the power. Un like: unitary all power resides in the central government. Constitution act of 1867: we did not want to become american, british, or irish. John a. macdonald wanted a government like england. French canadians wanted to maintain their own identities. Expansion to the west and control over a lot of land was kept in mind. It was split up so that the provinces got taxation, hospitals, municipalities, local works, civil rights, etc. The federal government got taxation, trade, postal, military, declaratory, and residual powers: the federal government was given power to things that were deemed important in the 1800s. They were given the powers of disallowance, meaning they could intervene and stop legislation. It was not a purely federal system, but there were still aspects of federalism.
