POLI 204 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Quasi, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Responsible Government
12 Feb 2017
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Federalism in canada: a federal system is there to set the rules of the game. A federal system is one in which the constitutional authority to make laws and to tax is divided between national and provincial governments. The federal government is not superior to the provincial governments. there are powers that are those of the federal government as banking, national defence, while the provincial has education or health for example. It is not a matter of superiority but just di erent jurisdiction. Federal and provincial governments each have their own speci c set of jurisdictions. Some are shared: provincial and federal government have legislative capacity in the immigration eld for example. Ex: in canada, federal government is responsible for defence and the provinces are responsible for education: federation creates sense of political community. This sense of political community transcends regional, ethic and linguistic identi cation it is a tool for integration; the glue that holds the federation.
