POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Central Canada, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Canadian Confederation
25 Feb 2014
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Lecture 9: federalism, the courts, and society: the idea of canadian confederation was to merge the united states and. There is a problem with this though, since the british parliamentary system says that parliament has eternal power and anything parliament wants, they will get. The american aspect was a federal view, saying the state and national government working together. The supreme court is also in charge of the court of appeal, which is in charge of both the federal and tax court. Important chart showing the hierarchy of the courts: Provincial court: canada is regionally divided, as seen through manufacturing, geography, Alberta is economically successful because of oil, and toronto is successful because of the tsx. Socially canada is diverse through language, religion, etc: people define regions as provinces (ontario), sub-provinces (gta, Toronto), trans-provincial provinces (west, central canada, out east), and a mix (five region model -- atlantic, quebec, ontario, prairies, and. Bc): regionalism is an attachment to a region.
