Federalism-EPub Date : 2022-05-02DOI: 10.24908/fede.v23i1.15166
N. Nickel
{"title":"Federal Government’s Changing Role in Canada’s Health Care Funding Structure and its Impacts","authors":"N. Nickel","doi":"10.24908/fede.v23i1.15166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/fede.v23i1.15166","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses Canada’s public healthcare system, one of the social programs most valued by Canadian citizens today. More specifically, it looks at the funding structure of said healthcare system, which is split between the federal and provincial governments, and how that relationship and the issue of healthcare funding more broadly remains one of the most contentious on the Canadian political scene. This article argues that the declining financial contributions of the federal government, observed since the 1970s, has negatively impacted the universality of Canadian health care coverage and the equality in access and quality of care across the country.","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115179304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2022-05-02DOI: 10.24908/fede.v23i1.15445
Karli Woods
{"title":"Public Policy Brief Through the Federal Government: The Social, Civic, and Cultural Integration of Resettled Refugees in Canada and Germany","authors":"Karli Woods","doi":"10.24908/fede.v23i1.15445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/fede.v23i1.15445","url":null,"abstract":"This scholarly policy brief explores the Canadian refugee issues through the federal government lens in ways which the federal government should address better affordable housing for refugees, better cultural exchanges for refugees in Canada, and better access to learning English and removing those language barriers through the Citizenship test all through the federal government's recommendation to implement these policies.","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127934024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2022-05-02DOI: 10.24908/fede.v23i1.15368
Blair Maddock-Ferrie
{"title":"Policy Proposal for Canadian the Government to Counter Disinformation","authors":"Blair Maddock-Ferrie","doi":"10.24908/fede.v23i1.15368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/fede.v23i1.15368","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of disinformation on Canada have been significant, yet despite the problem being identified seven years ago by NATO, the problem has only grown in intensity. In 2019 the Canadian government put out an open call for policy proposals to counter disinformation, this paper attempt to prove one such policy proposal that attempts to balance freedom of expression with creating a cost to the malicious actor. This paper further examines the root issues with countering disinformation with censorship and the risks that such a policy incurs. ","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123671728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2021-05-03DOI: 10.24908/FEDE.V22I1.14438
G. Jacob
{"title":"A Patchwork of Climate Policies that Reflect Subnational Jurisdiction","authors":"G. Jacob","doi":"10.24908/FEDE.V22I1.14438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/FEDE.V22I1.14438","url":null,"abstract":"The United Nations introduced the Paris Agreement in 2015 aimed at reducing emissions globally. Signatories to the Agreement are responsible for amending their domestic climate policies and implementing binding emission targets. Federations confront several challenges when adopting such policies since jurisdiction is shared between orders of government. This paper explores why Canadian and American federal governance structures constrain the implementation of national climate policies following the Paris Agreement. Despite both countries having ratified the Agreement, climate action in Canada and the US is enacted in a patchwork fashion that reflects subnational jurisdiction. The paper begins by assessing the Paris Agreement and the challenges federations confront when adopting climate legislation. The following section examines the Canadian and American federations separately to identify the factors that inhibit a coordinated response to reducing national emissions post-2015. The paper concludes by exploring strategies to advance climate action on a subnational basis.","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116483894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2020-05-01DOI: 10.24908/fede.v21i2.14073
Alberto Di Candia
{"title":"Replacing FPTP","authors":"Alberto Di Candia","doi":"10.24908/fede.v21i2.14073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/fede.v21i2.14073","url":null,"abstract":"Canada’s use of the First-Past-the-Post electoral system has been defended due to its simplicity, constituency representation, and inherent stability. Arguments have been raised, however, that the system does not sufficiently represent Canadian demographics in parliament, it renders opposition parties ineffective, smaller parties have trouble or are unable to win seats in parliament, and regionally-concentrated parties are encouraged over national based ones. It has been suggested that adding an element of proportionality would address some of these issues. This paper seeks to consider this claim by examining the political outcomes of proportional electoral systems. The literature review outlined that the use of proportional systems increased descriptive as well as geographic representation, and was positively linked to voter turnout.","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122806625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2020-05-01DOI: 10.24908/fede.v21i2.13992
Mayowa Oluwasanmi
{"title":"A14D","authors":"Mayowa Oluwasanmi","doi":"10.24908/fede.v21i2.13992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/fede.v21i2.13992","url":null,"abstract":"In the forefront of the fourth industrial revolution is Artificial intelligence, better known as “AI.” As a frontier technology, AI is implementing deep and far-reaching changes into the way we work, play and live. These tools present numerous opportunities in solving issues of international development. Yet in spite of its infallible potential, the negative repercussions of AI driven change have become abundantly clear. These consequences will only be exacerbated in the Global South where there is a greater tendency for weak institutional capacity and governance. AI has the potential to threaten employment, human rights, democratic process and worsen economic dependency. The very nature of these tools--the ability to codify and reproduce patterns--must be met with responsible, ethical actors who ensure developmental goals will be met. Is AI4D the answer? This paper will illustrate the opportunities and risks of AI-driven development. I argue that technology can no longer be considered an inherent equalizer, and that the responsibility for fairness in the digital world must be championed by the international community. Finally, I will present possible steps policymakers can take to ensure true development in our data-driven future. ","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122447472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2019-12-25DOI: 10.24908/fede.v21i1.13849
Reeba Khan
{"title":"How Does Canada’s Decentralized Federation Impact Environmental Regulations","authors":"Reeba Khan","doi":"10.24908/fede.v21i1.13849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/fede.v21i1.13849","url":null,"abstract":"This paper argues Canada’s decentralized federation plays an influential role in thwarting environmental regulations at the federal and provincial levels of government. The text is structured as follows: the author’s argument comes first, which is followed by an opposing viewpoint and a subsequent rebuttal reaffirming the author’s stance. The paper’s evidence is based on scholarly journal articles, lectures, and textbooks. The author’s arguments build on the Constitution’s ambiguity regarding environmental responsibilities: the ambiguity promotes a piecemeal approach to environmental regulations at the provincial level. This results in unsynchronized policies across Canada which weakens the overall efficacy of the environmental policies. Moreover, despite attempts at clarifying environmental responsibilities there is still dissonance because Canada is a decentralized federation. Subsequently, the federal government cannot force synchronization or compliance. Furthermore, at times, the federal government must underplay its hand even when it takes constitutionally charged actions because sound environmental actions require provincial actions as well. Ultimately, this paper showcases how decentralized federalism plays federal and provincial level governments against each other when it comes to environmental regulations. This results in poor environmental policies at all levels of government.","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115624089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2019-12-25DOI: 10.24908/fede.v21i1.13840
S. Mountford
{"title":"Rectifying Revisionism: Canadian National Identity and War Commemoration","authors":"S. Mountford","doi":"10.24908/fede.v21i1.13840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/fede.v21i1.13840","url":null,"abstract":"Canadians have been given the torch, but are failing to hold it high, and are therefore breaking faith with those who died. This paper will argue that this phenomenon is primarily due to eroding remembrance of Canadian military heritage, through the weaponization of the ‘peacekeeping myth,’ and the geographic reality of continental separation from war cemeteries. With the aim to heal the damages of past revisionism regarding Canadian military heritage as a component of Canadian national identity, a standardized, national commemoration curriculum will be proposed, to ensure that our sacred pact to hold the torch high, is fulfilled.","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125186886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2019-04-17DOI: 10.24908/FEDE.V20I1.13201
M. Evans
{"title":"Miss Phases of Canadian Federalism","authors":"M. Evans","doi":"10.24908/FEDE.V20I1.13201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/FEDE.V20I1.13201","url":null,"abstract":"A critical review of Simeon and Robinson's \"Dynamics of Canadian Federalism.\" Simeon and Robinson evaluate the evolutionary path of Canadian federalism throughout history using the lens of historical institutionalism. In Simeon and Robinson’s “The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism” in James Bickerton and Alain-G. Gagnon’s Canadian Politics 5th ed., the authors argue that the best way to understand Canadian federalism is by evaluating how key historical factors shaped the application of federal principles. They categorize Canadian federalism into periods and outline what historical factors defined the type of federalism that was pertinent at the time. Canadian federalism has achieved great success in responding to times of international crisis through strong leadership and maintaining the federation despite historical pressures. The question remains, what factors of Canadian politics will inform the next phase of Canadian federalism and how will the Canadian government account for the presence of Indigenous Canadians that have not been considered throughout the evolution of Canadian federalism.","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123742563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federalism-EPub Date : 2019-04-17DOI: 10.24908/FEDE.V20I1.13175
I. Fusco
{"title":"The Evolution of Canadian Federalism","authors":"I. Fusco","doi":"10.24908/FEDE.V20I1.13175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24908/FEDE.V20I1.13175","url":null,"abstract":"Canadian federalism is the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments. This article will outline how over the course of almost 150 years federalism in Canada has evolved from centralized power in the federal government to equal voices between the federal and provincial states. The article will being by looking at the institutionalized authority of federalism within the constitution. The arguments to follow will examine how Canadian federalism slowly went from completely centralized power to equal authority amoungst the provinces. Outlining the evolution of Canadian federalims within Canada. ","PeriodicalId":247232,"journal":{"name":"Federalism-E","volume":"659 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122962966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}