POL316Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Great Depression, Canadian Federalism, Compact Theory
16 Apr 2015
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Rocher and smith - the four dimensions of canadian federalism. Canada posses all the aspects of a federalist system: different orders of gov, a const. etc. throughout our history, there have been different views of what our constitution should reflect. Nationalizing federalism, and the rights - based constitutional vision. This view believes that the first and foremost purpose of federalism was the creation of the provinces. Federalism incorporates the idea that there is some political and economic independence within a region from the national government. This views the relationship of the political community as the relations b/t the central gov. and prov. Premieres are better at rep. the ppl. Than the pm it has lead to the rise of the idea of political reforms. One major example - the triple e senate, to better represent. Wanted to stop divisions with quebec, and therefore, proposed seven statements: All canadians are equal and have rights protected under the law.
