POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fiscal Federalism, Fiscal Gap, Canadian Federalism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2300
• Professor: Ajay Sharma

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Pols 2300 canadian government and politics september 26th, 2017. Intra-state federalism a system where regional interests are represented within the institution: federal ser(cid:448)es to defi(cid:374)e the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455)"s politi(cid:272)s alo(cid:374)g territorial a(cid:374)d regio(cid:374)al li(cid:374)es. In class lecture: essay outline due date: 11:30pm, wednesday october 11, 2017 in the dropbox (10%) It does not exist as a clause in the constitution, but instead it is interpreted from several different clauses. It basically lets the federal government break the law: appointment power, the authority to decide who should be selected to fill a government position, ex: the positions in the supreme court of canada. Intended to assist with the costs of maintaining other social programs: for example: education, civil, legal aid, welfare, etc. Inter-state and intra-state federalism in canada: executive federalism is a system in which the elected leaders of federal and provincial governments make public policy decisions. Inter-state federalism a system of formal interactions among government officials and leaders.