POLI 390: Canadian Federalism (Rev. 6 & 7) Report a Broken Link

The primary aim of Political Science 390 is to introduce the study of Canadian federalism and explain the relationship between the federal and provincial governments.

Videos


Course Introduction Video

Unit 1: Introduction: The Study of Federalism


Unit 2: The Origins of Canadian Federalism


Unit 3: Regionalism and Province Building


Unit 4: The Drive for Self-Determination: Quebec Nationalism


Unit 5: The Drive for Self-Determination: Indigenous Self-Government


Read pp. 59–62.

Read pages 200–231.

Unit 6: Canada’s Constitutional Odyssey: Patriation and After


No online readings.

Unit 7: The Courts and Judicial Review


Knopff, R., & Morton, F. L. (1992). Chapter 13: A note on the charter and national integration. In Charter politics (pp. 374–384). Scarborough: Nelson.

Unit 8: Executive Federalism


Unit 9: Fiscal Federalism


No online readings.

Unit 10: Federalism and the Welfare State: Health Care and the Social Union


Unit 11: Federalism and Economic Policy


Unit 12: The Evolution of Canadian Federalism: The Presence of the Past and the Prospects for the Future