POL 2101 Chapter Notes -Economic Justice, Group Cohesiveness, Welfare

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

Document Summary

Joe ruggeri and frank strain: equalization is evaluated in terms of five fundamental principles, economic justice, social justice, promotion of human rights, social cohesion, effective democracy. *equality of opportunity cannot be achieved if the governments of less affluent provinces cannot afford to finance national programs at close to national standards: economic justice is a fundamental right of citizenship. Social justice: provincial governments use nearly three-fourths of their budgets to finance public programs healthcare, education, and social services: must be offered at comparable levels to all canadians. Effective democracy: federalism provides a balance between common preferences and preferences that differ by region, by helping provincial governments in less affluent provinces deliver citizenship rights, equalization strengthens canadian ties, equalization is about values, not money. Paid by the federal department of finance comes from the consolidated revenue fund of the federal government: general pool of federal revenues to which all canadians contribute through taxes.