Towards a Constitutional Charter for CanadaUniversity of Toronto Press, 15. des. 1980 - 105 sider In this timely book, edited from a manuscript left unfinished at his death, one of Canada’s leading constitutional scholars presents his prescription for constitutional change. The book diagnoses the failure of Canada’s present constitution, both in dealing with the country’s distinctive characteristics—regional identity and regional disparity—and in providing for effective national economic management. Drawing upon comparisons with other federal constitutions and with the European Economic Community, it proposes a new constitutional charter which would shift important responsibilities to the provinces while strengthening the economic powers of the central government. Specific recommendations are set out for a provincial residuary power, restructured taxing and spending powers, and a Canadian Equalization Council—the last a unique redistributive mechanism designed to ensure that residents of every province have access to adequate government services. Throughout, the plan pays close attention to the need to formulate constitutional provisions in a way which protects them against distortion by subsequent interpretation. At a time when the need for solutions to Canada’s constitutional problems has never been more pressing, Albert Abel’s is a particularly valuable individual contribution to the Canadian constitutional debate. |
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... political history is the record of ongoing experiments to construct and maintain units with territorial and demographic dimensions reaching an appropriate compromise be- tween the two . Small and feeble , they twinkle out or linger on ...
... political organs of government at that level of a federa- tion charged with deciding policy about the matter at hand . The ease with which control of the purse can be a vehicle for control of policy has diverted attention from that ...
... political establishment . But all have left it with the last word . Commonly the constitutional texts simply leave the allocation of grants among members to federal legislatures . Commonly these have under- taken at the outset a direct ...
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The provincial residuary power | 16 |
Taxation | 35 |
Spending Scope of the spending power | 55 |
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