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Notes to Chapter 15
ECON 2390
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Federal Powers
• International and inter-provincial trade
• Taxation
• Expenditures
• Peace order and good government (POGG)
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Provincial Powers
• Public (local works – municipal government)
• Property and civil rights within the provinces
• Natural resources
• Owned lands
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Joint Jurisdiction
• Rowell-Sirois (1938 - 1943)• Federal government had most of the revenue gathering
powers, • Provinces had expanding expenditure (health care,
education, and welfare).• The Commission recommended that
– the federal government take over unemployment insurance and pensions.
– creation of equalization payments and large transfers of money from the federal government to the province each year.
• From this, through the 40’s to today we have shared jurisdiction in Environment and Agriculture
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Role of the Courts
• Primary role is to hear litigation under existing legislation (claims for damages)
• Courts also determine whether an order of government has powers to legislate in a specific area.
• Key issues– Imprecise wording of legislation– Conflicting objectives of federal and provincial
legislation
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Selected parts of CEPAConfusion or clarity?
Toxic SubstancesA substance is toxic if it is entering may enter the
environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that:
• have or may have an immediate or long term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity;
• constitute or may constitute a danger to the environment on which life depends; or
• constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health.