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Intergovernmental Relations in Canada

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  • J.E. Hodgetts

    (University of Toronto, Canada)

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Intergovernmental relations in Canada have tended to be viewed in light of the paper distribution of powers contained in the British North America Act, and, as a result, debate and research have focused on judicial interpretation and amendment as means of adapting inter governmental relations. The tremendous augmentation of governmental functions (and spending) at all levels has necessitated the creation of extra-constitutional mechanisms for providing the flexibility required to meet the con temporary trend toward the merging and blending of juris dictions that had been thought to exist in relatively watertight compartments. What is unique about the processes termed executive federalism is the way in which adjustment of regional and local relations tends to move to the top for resolution in a species of diplomatic conferences. While the new procedures have injected a realistic flexibility into the system, a high price is exacted in terms of Canada's capacity to arrive at an overall set of national policies.

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  • J.E. Hodgetts, 1974. "Intergovernmental Relations in Canada," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 416(1), pages 170-180, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:416:y:1974:i:1:p:170-180
    DOI: 10.1177/000271627441600116
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