POLS 205 Lecture Notes - Fiscal Federalism, Canadian Identity
12 Oct 2012
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Historically, atlantic canada has been highly supportive of the federal government. Post-confederation reduction of representation in feds: maritimes did not like idea of western expansion at their (their view) expense. Central-canadian and western-canadian gave rise to first separatist movement in nova scotia: nova scotia attempted to separate from canada. Benefits of union of atlantic provinces: more efficient, more powerful, more block/more voting influence. In 1964, the whole idea of maritime union opened up again. Maritimes are often more homogeneous than western canada. Potential fiscal issues: quebec is the physical link between atlantic canada and western canada.
