POLI 222 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White Paper

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 222
• Professor: Christa Scholtz

Document Summary

Federalism: two orders of government, guaranteed autonomy, same land same people. Trudeau"s federalism: a product of reason and judgement. Possessive individualism: form of individualism identified by macpherson in which the individual considers himself as the owner of his own person and skills. He owes nothing to society and those skills are a commodity to be bought and sold on the open market. Judicial review: canadian courts of the power to review federal and provincial laws and can strike down legislation that conflicts with the charter of rights and freedom. Section 36: government is committed to making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide (cid:858)reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation(cid:859). Transfer: payment to a third party for which no good or service is received. Equalization transfer: transfers to address regional disparities across the country.