Chapter 3 Federalism and Regionalism

Question 1

What is Regionalism?

Answer 1

a form of geographic identity and a psychological connection to that territory – an identification with it, and a commitment to it.
regions within Canada may compromise multiple provinces, such as the prairies, the Maritimes.
frustration with the national political system, and demands for improvement.

Question 2

what are the provinces cultures?

Answer 2

BC- frontier orientation
AB- struggles with the federal government
SK- moderate conservatism
MB- modesty and moderation
ON- pre-eminence within Canada
QC- significant provincial government
NB- static… traditional
NS- traditionalist
PE- strong and enduring attachment to local identity
NF- political identity distinct from that of Canadian mainlanders.

Question 3

What strains of Canadian regionalism?

Answer 3

• sectionalism
• nationalism
• secessionism

Question 4

what are strains of sectionalism?

Answer 4

an emotional connection with one’s country, populism, western alienation.

Question 5

What are strains of Nationalism?

Answer 5

A unifying ideology among people who share a common homeland ancestry, and language or culture.
ethnic nationalism can marginalize outsiders
make Ontario great again

Question 6

What are strains of secessionism?

Answer 6

a widely held sentiment that a province or territory should leave the Canadian 
Parti Quebecois (1970) : maverick party (Alberta/SK 2020)

Question 7

how does a regions sense of political consciousness is manipulated and used by political leaders to define relationships with other regions and what are their issues of?

Answer 7

politicization and the issues of interpretation, articulation, and mobilization

Question 8

how does a regions shared understanding become embedded in the norms of society and institutions of the state and the theirs issues of?

Answer 8

structural constraints and electoral rules and laws, educational curricula, cultural and language policy and finally socialization.

Question 9

how the inhabitants of a region within a shared territory understand themselves and the issues of?

Answer 9

sharing territory and meaning, identity, collective, and group conflicts.

Question 10

What is Federalism?

Answer 10

a constitution based division of powers between two or more orders of government

Question 11

what are the 3 orders of government in federalism?

Answer 11

Authority from distinct electorate
sovereignty from a separate basis
jurisdiction from a common constitution

Question 12

name some examples of federal jurisdiction

Answer 12

any mode of taxation, census and statistics, criminal law, military and defense, etc

Question 13

Name some examples of provincial jurisdiction

Answer 13

administration of justice, direct taxation, education, hospitals, local works, public lands, natural resources.

Question 14

what are the two examples of concurrent jurisdiction?

Answer 14

agriculture and immigration