Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Knowledge Economy, Liberal Democracy, North American Free Trade Agreement
8 Mar 2018
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Written element: formal rules and procedures that sketch out our procedures. Unwritten element: informal rules but everyone understands these rules as constitutional and crucial for how constitution works. Attempts to change constitution: meech lack and charlottetown. Signing of international agreements is constitutional changes. Stephen mcbride: "quiet constitutionalism" - adopting agreements using different political process that are different from meech lake and. Nafta has created deep political and international integration - Economic agreements are constitution because they are set of rules. Reduces power of governments to make decisions free from restraints. North american countries eliminations trade barriers and maximize performance of economies. All companies should be treated equally by all countries - maximizes the market. If government favours companies from their own country, companies can sue the government. Formed canadian government so it could ship hazardous (pcb) to us. Concerned on us environmental protection agency"s decisions. Third member is appointed by both parties or by a third party.
