FEDERALISM AND GOVERNANCE IN CANADA: THE ROLE OF PROVINCES
FEDERALISM AND GOVERNANCE IN CANADA: THE ROLE OF PROVINCES
- 한국캐나다학회
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies (APJCS)
- Vol.28 No.2
- 2022.12
- 125 - 138 (14 pages)
The purpose of this article is to analyze federalism in Canada as well as the constitutional capacities of the provinces and the central government of Canada in the public policy sphere. Canada has a decentralized federalism that has helped to maintain governance in the country by granting a wide range of constitutional powers to the provinces. Canada has moved from centralized to decentralized government. Canada”s federalism can be considered a unique, successful case, which has generated stable governance among a diverse and plural society and can be an example for other countries with similar characteristics.
ABSTRACT
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF CANADA
III. THE RELEVANCE OF FEDERALISM IN CANADA
IV. CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF FEDERALISM IN CANADA
V. CONCLUSION
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