POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: New Economics Foundation, Canada Social Transfer, Flag Of Canada
6 Dec 2012
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Week 3 readings: chapter 4 the federal system. Dec 23,2004 premier of newfoundland danny williams ordered the canadian flag removed from all provincial buildings after paul martin took away some of the money they got from offshore oil resources. A system in which authority is divided and shared between the central government. Canadian arrangement differs from a unitary system in which the central government may hand over some authority and administrative responsibilities to lower levels of government, in canada"s federal system provincial government aren"t legally subordinate to the canadian government. Contemporary federal system involves quite a high level of interaction between the federal and provincial governments in the development and implementation of many policies. Divides most government activity into 2 categories: those that fall under exclusive legislative responsibility of provincial legislatures and the authority of the canadian parliament. Agriculture and immigration both parliament and provincial legislatures received legislative authority.
