ADM 1301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Constitution Act, 1982, Minority Language, Child Benefit
13 Oct 2018
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Canada is a democracy, a constitutional monarchy and a federal state, with 10 largely self governing provinces and three territories. Nova scotia was the first part of canada to secure a representative government (in 1758) Idea that power is not concentrated in one place or one person, it is distributed deliberately. That distributed power is typically thought of as checks and balances. It is one that brings together a number of different political communities with a common government for common purposes, and separate states or provincial governments for the particular purposes of each community. Overarching federal system takes care of many common issues regarding road structures, financial systems, universality of education and healthcare (standards should be the same no matter where you go) The british north america act of 1987 was the instrument that brought the canadian federation into existence. Canada was formed by colonies, which became provinces.
