POL337Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sales Tax, Canada Health Act, General Authority
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Until 1949, high court of the land was the jcpc. Compared to the americans, our constitutional change comes over a long period of time around the world, you see canada as reasonable place. This is shown in perfect example w/ the constitution. Federalism the essence of federalism is in sections 91 to 95 in the constitutional act of 1867. Key elements in federalism - the spacial distribution of power and separation of powers - federalism. Is a system of multi - tiered government with central rule and territorial rule approx. 2/3 of the worlds population live in federal countries. It helps to promote regional identities within a larger political union the core problem is to allow regional representation and speak in one voice as well. The most common structural features there are at least to orders of gov. , each acting directly on their citizens.
