POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Asymmetric Federalism, Remedial Education, Constitutional Basis Of Taxation In Australia
12 Nov 2018
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Eight faces of canadian federalism: colonial (1870s-90s, classical (1890s-1930s, emergency (first and second world wars, cooperative (1945-1960s, executive (since 1960s, constitutional (1970s-1992, asymmetrical, fiscal. Colonial federalism: 1870s - 1890s: examples of federal dominance, lieutenant governor (s. 58, reservation and disallowance (s. 55-57, 90, residual power (s. 91. 29, control of prairie and territorial resources, pogg (s. 91 preamble, superior courts (s. 96-101) More examples of federal dominance in ca 1867: treaty power (s. 132, remedial education legislation for denominational minorities (s. 93. 4, declaratory power (s. 91. 10[c], spending power, consolidated revenue fund for "public service" (s. 106, unlimited taxation power (s. 91. 3, agriculture and immigration (s. 95) Classical federalism: 1890s-1930s: centrifugal forces favouring provinces, judicial interpretation, public expectations of social services, business opposes federal regulation, crown land and provincial resources (s. 92. 5, 109) Jcpc weakens federal power: narrow interpretation of trade and commerce (s. 91. 2, broad interpretation of "property and civil rights" (s. 92. 13, de facto residual power. Interpreted pogg (s. 91 preamble) narrowly: metaphors, watertight compartments v. living tree, atkin, 1937, sankey, 1929, result.
