POLI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Unitary State, Canadian Federalism, Responsible Government

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 201
• Professor: Daniel Jacob- Paul Voth

Document Summary

Nova scotia gets a responsible government in 1848. When the british colonies together, the dominion of canada is formed and granted responsible government. However, there is a need for a different constitution, it divide powers into different orders government, this is known as federalism. Unitary government advocates for one sovereign governing body such as a parliament, e. g. new. Federalism, divides power of the state between the different orders of government (federal and provincial) Need a written constitution for federalism to work well. Legislation enacted in provincial law, however, it can be judicially reviewed by judges. Federalism is not viewed lightly since they believed in it caused american civil war and all the deaths in other american wars. It is believed that it divided the americans. A charter of rights: trudeau patriates the constitution. This allo(cid:449)s ca(cid:374)ada to a(cid:373)e(cid:374)d their co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) (cid:449)ithout the cro(cid:449)(cid:374) s appro(cid:448)al. It also adds a bill of negative rights.