HIST 1253 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ignace Bourget, Joseph Howe, John Christian Schultz

• School: Saint Mary's University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1253
• Professor: Charles Baxter

Document Summary

What: in 1867, the division of powers between federal and provincial governments became distinct. Provinces had power over local concerns, such as; roads, municipalities, law and order, and issues relating to cultures (e. g. language, religion, education, marriage ). Federal government oversaw general matters, such as; the economy (tariff and trade policy, banking and currency, navigation, and interprovincial trade), defence, and relations with first. However, the federal government was also granted residual powers meaning that they have jurisdiction on anything not especially set out to provinces and also has the power to overrule and provincial legislation. Prime minister at the time, john a macdonald, didn"t want a division of powers; instead he wanted it all on a municipal level. Why: the result of the division of political powers in 1867 gave canada the characteristics that it still has today, as it combines both federalism and a division of powers.