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"The time is ripe to revisit Canada's past and redress its historical wrongs. Yet in our urgency to imagine roads to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, it is important to keep in sight the many other forms of diversity which Canadian federalism has historically been designed to accomm...
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McGill-Queen's University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Montreal : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The time is ripe to revisit Canada's past and redress its historical wrongs. Yet in our urgency to imagine roads to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, it is important to keep in sight the many other forms of diversity which Canadian federalism has historically been designed to accommodate, or could also reflect more effectively. Canadian Federalism and Its Future brings together international experts to assess four fundamental institutions: bicameralism, the judiciary as "final arbiter" of the federal deal, the electoral system and party politics, and finally, intergovernmental relations. The contributors use comparative and critical lenses to appraise the repercussions of these four dimensions of Canadian federalism on key actors, including member states, constitutive units, internal nations, Indigenous peoples, and linguistic minorities. Pursuing the work of The Constitutions That Shaped Us (2015) and The Quebec Conference of 1864 (2018), this third volume is a testimony to Canada's successes and failures in constitutional design. Reflecting on the cultural pluralism inherent in this country, Canadian Federalism and Its Future offers thought-provoking lessons for a world in search of concrete institutional solutions, within and beyond the traditional nation-state."-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780228001973 0228001978 9780228001126 0228001129 |
| Index Number: | JL27 |
| CLC: | D771.121 |
| Call Number: | D771.121/C212-1 |
| Contents: |
Canadian federalism: the impact of institutions on key political and societal actors / The possibilities and pitfalls of bicameralism in federal democracies / Bicameralism and the consequences of political structuring in Canada: lost alternatives, future options / Federalism and fraternity: formalizing arrangements to foster federal dialogue in the institutions of Canada's central government / Minority group and women's representation in the Senate since 1867 / The role of the judiciary in federal states: comparing the Belgian and Canadian experiences / Consensual constitution? contractual thinking in the interpretation of the Canadian constitution / Reconciling federalism and parliamentary democracy: political competition and negotiated policy-making in Canadian federalism / Parties, elections, and Canadian federalism in the twenty-first century: Cairns revisited, again / Heading together: intergovernmental relations and horizontal law-making by Swiss cantons / Cooperative federalism vs parliamentary sovereignty: revisiting the role of courts, parliaments, and governments / Intergovernmental relations in Canada: still an exclusive club? / Conclusion: two Canadas as a story without end: institutional choices and the state of the federation / |