POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture 4: Political Science 1AA3 2017 Lecture 11a Federalism overhead
12 Oct 2018
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This means that both the federal government (in ottawa) and the. Provinces possess separate powers: and neither level of government is, technically speaking, subordinate to the other within its area of jurisdiction. They are both (at least in theory) sovereign within their respective spheres. The separation of power between the federal government and the. Provincial governments is entrenched in the canadian constitution: bearing in mind that the canadian constitution is composed of the numerous elements that we looked at last week. Each level of government is granted constitutional power in certain areas areas over which it has exclusive legal sovereignty. Section 92 lays out 16 specific areas where provinces have exclusive jurisdiction. E. g. public lands, property and civil rights, health care, etc. The power of the federal government is established in section 91. Section 91 establishes: it shall be lawful for the queen, by and with the advice and.
