POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Responsible Government, Gender Equality, Victoria Charter
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Fiscal(im)balance: vertical imbalance, federal have more revenue than power, horizontal imbalance. Imbalance between provinces themselves i. e oil in alberta. Federal spending power: ability for the government to spend money, achieve national standards and national roles by encouraging provinces, vertical imbalance, feds free to spend as they like, give money to provinces with conditions. Tensions in the federal system: fiscal issues, regional discontent, economic competition. Institutional and constitutional issues: desires for provinces to have more jurisdiction, quebec: distinct society, growing imbalance between provinces. Coping mechanisms: council of the federation more permanent form of executive federalism, evolutio(cid:374) of (cid:862)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ual pre(cid:373)ier"s co(cid:374)fere(cid:374)ce(cid:863, topic specific secretariats and accords internal trade, environmental social union. Constitution- three pillars: ca(cid:374)ada"s co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374, parliament and responsible government(preamble and conventions, federalism(91 and 92, rights(charter) Origins of the charter: older british approach to rights, provincial civil rights issues(press in alberta, minorities in quebec, national civil rights issues(internment, bill of rights)
