Asymmetrical Federalism: Magic Wand or "Bait and Switch"
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Authors
Roberts, John
Date
2005
Type
working paper
Language
en
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Asymmetric Federalism Series 2005
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Abstract
The term “asymmetrical,” in spite of the admirable attempts at clarification and classification by the contributors to this project, remains a fuzzy term not easily grasped by the public. It sounds vaguely pharmaceutical – like the name of a new cough syrup – and lacks the read recognition of such past political mantras as, for example, “hyphenated Canadianism”, “special status”, “community of communities” and “provincial equality”.
It is a concept so indistinct and amorphous that its use is likely to obscure rather than clarify discussion on the allocation, in law or practice, of the powers of decision-making in Canadian government.
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© IIGR, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University
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Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations