MATH 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Airbnb, Air Navigation, Canada Revenue Agency

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Canada was formed in 1867 and the federal government was given power to regulate trade and commerce": ex. Section 121 of the canadian constitution mandates free trade between provinces: special efforts were needed to unify canada once the western provinces joined. Crown corporations (1: crown company: company that is owned by the federal or provincial government. Created for different reasons: provide services that were not being provided by firms, bail out a major industry in trouble, provide some special services that could not otherwise be made available (ex. Trend toward deregulating or partially deregulating industries. Trend toward privatization at both government levels: privatization: selling crown companies, involves capitalism. Laws are derived from four sources: constitution act, precedents established by judges federal and provincial statutes/laws, statues = laws federal and provincial administrative agencies, ex. Industry canada administers a variety of laws affecting businesses including the competition act.