Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy

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Canadian Federalism is Canada’s leading text on federal institutions and processes. The fourth edition provides extensive updates and covers all the significant developments of the past decade, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s battles with the Supreme Court and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s efforts at a more co-operative approach to intergovernmental relations. It also features two entirely new chapters – one on criminal justice and criminal law, the other on comparative federalism. Specific topics include the Supreme Court’s renewed emphasis on co-operative federalism and a federal–provincial balance tilted more in favour of the provinces, the Trudeau government’s efforts to broker a deal between provinces over pipelines and carbon taxes as part of its commitment under the Paris Agreement, the strains imposed on federal–provincial relations with the influx of refugees, and the changing role of Ottawa and the provinces towards cities and in accommodating Indigenous rights. Examination of these key issues includes discussion of the implications of the 2019 federal election and recent provincial elections. Contents Contributors Preface Part One: Socio-Economic Foundations, Institutions, and Processes of Canadian Federalism 1 Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy • Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad 2 Self-Rule vs. Shared Rule: Canada as a Case of Comparative Federalism • Jörg Broschek 3 Quebec and the Canadian Federation • David Cameron 4 The Courts, the Division of Powers, and Dispute Resolution • Gerald Baier 5 Criminal Justice and Criminal Law • Dennis Baker 6 Federalism, Political Parties, and the Burden of National Unity: Still Making Federalism Do the Heavy Lifting? • Herman Bakvis and A. Brian Tanguay 7 Intergovernmental Relations in a Complex Federation • Robert Schertzer Part Two: The Social and Economic Union 8 Federalism and Canada’s Economic Union • Grace Skogstad and Matt Wilder 9 International Trade and the Evolution of Canadian Federalism • Christopher J. Kukucha 10 Fiscal Federalism: The Importance of Balance • Douglas M. Brown 11 The Three Federalisms and Change in Social Policy • Keith G. Banting 12 Federalism and Universal Healthcare: A Question of Performance and Effectiveness • Herman Bakvis 13 Federalism and Immigration in Canada • Mireille Paquet 14 Federalism and Canadian Climate Change Policy • Mark Winfield and Douglas Macdonald Part Three: Re-imagining the Federation 15 Nation to Nation? Canadian Federalism and Indigenous Multi-level Governance • Martin Papillon 16 Municipalities in the Federation • Jack Lucas and Alison Smith 17 Conclusion: Taking Stock of Canadian Federalism • Grace Skogstad and Herman Bak Index