POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Union Framework Agreement, Old Age Security, Conditionality
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The federal spending power: refers to the federal transfer of money or tax points directly to individuals, organizations, or subnational (even local) governments in areas that may not fall under federal jurisdiction. Inferred from power to: 91(3) levy taxes, 91(1a) legislate o(cid:374) (cid:373)atte(cid:396)s (cid:396)elated to (cid:862)pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)(cid:863) p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)t(cid:455), 106 appropriate federal funds for public services. Financing federalism: these large block transfers (cht, cst) are only partial picture, the 163b dollars includes other transfers to provinces to deliver core economic and social programs: Infrastructure, regional development, affordable housing: also, transfers to people directly or and support to businesses and non-profit organizations. In feb 1999 the chretien government and 9 provinces agreed to the social union framework. Agreement (sufa), except quebec: ottawa offered a boost to federal transfer payments and commit to prior consultations over changed to shared cost programs. Current canadian federalism: federal cuts, diminishing federal role and use of spending power, provinces can be more aggressive against the fed govt, fed.
