POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Ney, Social Union Framework Agreement, Senate Of Canada
10 Aug 2016
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Week #3: chapter 7 federalism page #195-232: Canada"s constitution establishes two levels of government national and provincial both of which have important law-making and taxation powers. This system of divided jurisdiction is known as federalism. What is federalism: the two levels of government are co-ordinate and independent in their separate constitutional spheres. Federalism" is a legal term, and its existence is based on the constitution. If federalism is primarily a quality of societies, not of constitutions, then relatively few countries would not be federal: a federal constitution institutionalizes regional divisions by associating them with different governments. Important policy-making and administrative powers may be exercised at the regional level officials), or remain centralized at the national level is determined by the particular social, geographic, and political conditions of a country. January 19th-23rd, 2015: they appear to establish a nearly colonial relationship between ottawa and the provinces by permitting the federal government to disallow laws passed by provincial legislatures.
