POL 2101 Study Guide - Crete, Provincial Rights Party, Centralisation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Cartier french canadian side opposed unitary state cos he knew french minority in. Canada would always be on a losing side. Canadian federation created in 1867 agreed to have a centralised federation. Constitution: most of the time written and they explain how government work and interact together. Federalism: in a federation there is a division of powers in levels of government. Division of power is written into a constitution. For change to happen in constitution there has to be an agreement made on both the provincial and federal level. B. n. a- british north american act was meant to establish a centralised federation. Reservation and disallowence are powers that are supposed to enable the federal government to either reserve or disallow/cancel provincial jurisdiction part of vna act. Federal power is able to cancel or delay provincial jurisdiction. What in the vna act makes canada seem like a centralised federation