Law 2101 Lecture 6: Law_Lecture_6 FEDERALISM 2
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Criminal law and federalism: all criminal law and procedure is under federal jurisdiction as stated in s. 91(27) of the. Reference re firearms act (2000) scc: the federal government enacted the firearms act (amending the criminal code) in 1995, banned some types of firearms and created a gun registration and licensing system. International and interprovincial trade and transportation: monetary and banking policy, telecommunications/broadcasting, nuclear power, aviation. Scc ruling: the federal legislation was beyond s. 91. It upset the balance of economic power between provinces and the federal government and undermined federalism: no justifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) that it (cid:449)as a (cid:373)atter of (cid:858)(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)(cid:859) Peace order and good government: bna act intended to use peace order and good government as a broad power of the. Federal government to acquire authority of matters not assigned to either level of government: emergencies and clear issues of national concern, emergencies: war, threat of invasion, economic crisis etc, national concern: marine pollution, nuclear energy etc.
