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Canadian Federalism and Its FutureActors and Institutions |
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An insightful account of Canadian federalism: its origins, its development, and where it is heading.
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 that 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 arbiter of the federal deal, the electoral system and party politics, and 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.
Canadian Federalism and Its Future brings together international experts to assess four fundamental institutions: bicameralism, the judiciary as arbiter of the federal deal, the electoral system and party politics, and 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.
Details
440 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780228001973
September 2020
Formats: Paperback, Cloth, eBook
"The underlying theme here is that Canadian federalism remains a work in progress. The founding basis of the federation, "two Canadas" (English and French) within a federal state, remains an ongoing challenge. At the same time, Canada has grown more diverse, creating even more challenges for the modern Canadian state." Choice
Alain-G. Gagnon is professor of political science at Université du Québec à Montréal and co-editor of The Quebec Conference of 1864: Understanding the Emergence of the Canadian Federation and The Constitutions That Shaped Us: A Historical Anthology of Pre-1867 Canadian Constitutions.
Johanne Poirier is full professor and Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism in the Faculty of Law at McGill University.
Johanne Poirier is full professor and Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism in the Faculty of Law at McGill University.
Tables and Figures vii
Introduction: Canadian Federalism: The Impact of Institutions on Key Political and Societal Actors 3
Johanne Poirier and Alain-G. Gagnon, with Abbie Buckman and Didier Zuniga
PART ONE BICAMERALISM
1 The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Bicameralism in Federal Democracies 27
Cheryl Saunders
2 Bicameralism and the Consequences of Political Structuring in Canada: Lost Alternatives, Future Options 53
Jörg Broschek
3 Federalism and Fraternity: Formalizing Arrangements to Foster Federal Dialogue in the Institutions of Canada’s Central Government 84
Ian Peach
4 Minority Group and Women’s Representation in the Senate since 1867 105
Linda Cardinal
PART TWO COURTS
5 The Role of the Judiciary in Federal States: Comparing the Belgian and Canadian Experiences 135
Marc Verdussen
6 Consensual Constitution? Contractual Thinking in the Interpretation of the Canadian Constitution 168
Sébastien Grammond
PART THREE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND PARTIES
7 Reconciling Federalism and Parliamentary Democracy: Political Competition and Negotiated Policy-Making in Canadian Federalism 199
Arthur Benz
8 Parties, Elections, and Canadian Federalism in the Twenty-First Century: Cairns Revisited - Again 223
A. Brian Tanguay
PART FOUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
9 Heading Together: Intergovernmental Relations and Horizontal Law-Making by Swiss Cantons 251
Eva Maria Belser
10 Cooperative Federalism vs Parliamentary Sovereignty: Revisiting the Role of Courts, Parliaments, and Governments 291
Noura Karazivan
11 Intergovernmental Relations in Canada: Still an Exclusive Club? 336
Jean-Philippe Gauvin and Martin Papillon
Conclusion: Two Canadas as a Story without an End: Institutional Choices and the State of the Federation 365
Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Contributors 387
Index 389
Introduction: Canadian Federalism: The Impact of Institutions on Key Political and Societal Actors 3
Johanne Poirier and Alain-G. Gagnon, with Abbie Buckman and Didier Zuniga
PART ONE BICAMERALISM
1 The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Bicameralism in Federal Democracies 27
Cheryl Saunders
2 Bicameralism and the Consequences of Political Structuring in Canada: Lost Alternatives, Future Options 53
Jörg Broschek
3 Federalism and Fraternity: Formalizing Arrangements to Foster Federal Dialogue in the Institutions of Canada’s Central Government 84
Ian Peach
4 Minority Group and Women’s Representation in the Senate since 1867 105
Linda Cardinal
PART TWO COURTS
5 The Role of the Judiciary in Federal States: Comparing the Belgian and Canadian Experiences 135
Marc Verdussen
6 Consensual Constitution? Contractual Thinking in the Interpretation of the Canadian Constitution 168
Sébastien Grammond
PART THREE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND PARTIES
7 Reconciling Federalism and Parliamentary Democracy: Political Competition and Negotiated Policy-Making in Canadian Federalism 199
Arthur Benz
8 Parties, Elections, and Canadian Federalism in the Twenty-First Century: Cairns Revisited - Again 223
A. Brian Tanguay
PART FOUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
9 Heading Together: Intergovernmental Relations and Horizontal Law-Making by Swiss Cantons 251
Eva Maria Belser
10 Cooperative Federalism vs Parliamentary Sovereignty: Revisiting the Role of Courts, Parliaments, and Governments 291
Noura Karazivan
11 Intergovernmental Relations in Canada: Still an Exclusive Club? 336
Jean-Philippe Gauvin and Martin Papillon
Conclusion: Two Canadas as a Story without an End: Institutional Choices and the State of the Federation 365
Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Contributors 387
Index 389
