Divided Loyalties: Canadian Concepts of Federalism 9780773592407
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English Pages [277] Year 1975
Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Tables and Chart
Preface
1. Confederation's Competing Images: Sorting them out
Principled Politics and Federalism
Problems of Definition
The Purposes of Federal Structuring
Methods of Problem-Solving
The Question of Majorities
The Five Concepts
2. The Centralist Concept
The Centralism of Macdonald
Crisis Centralism
Finance Centralism
Cultural Centralism
Summary
3. Administrative Federalism
Federal-Provincial Activities
Interprovincial Equalization
Technical Committee Collaboration
The Federal-Provincial Conference
Horizontal Collaboration
Interdelegation of Powers
Exposition and Examination
Summary
4. The Coordinate Concept
The Sirois Commission
The Legal View of Federalism
Disallowance and Reservation
A Procedure for Constitutional Amendment
A Movement Toward Coordinate Federalism
Conclusion
Summary
5. The Compact Theory
Development of the Theory
Altering the Compact
Compact Federalism in Practice
Criticism of the Compact Theory
Conclusion
6. The Dual Alliance
Schools and Conscription
La Crise du Federalisme
The Tremblay Commission
Law and the Constitution
Dualism on the Left
Dualism on the Right
Criticism of the Dual Alliance
Conclusion
7. The Deux Nations Controversy
Montmorency and the Tories
The "Second Class Citizen" Version
The NDP and "Particular Status"
The Anti-Nationalist Liberal Position
Bilingualism Married to Multiculturalism
Analysis
8. Two Nations or More?
Reflections on the Methodology
The Factors of Change
The Institutional Dimension
Implications for the Future
NOTES
TABLE OF MAJOR CASES
INDEX
