Chapter 5 Weblinks, Articles, and Books

Regionalism and Canadian Politics

Articles and Books

Cochrane, Christopher & Andrea Perella. (2012). Regions, Regionalism and Regional Differencecs in Canada. Canadian Journal of Political Science 45 (4): 829-853. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0008423912001011

This article defines and examines the different regions of Canada, the beliefs that they hold and how they can, and often do, overlap.

Recommended Websites

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/provincial-territorial-politics/provincial-territorial-politics.html

Archive of CBC television and radio stories about aspects of provincial and territorial politics.

https://cwf.ca

The Canada West Foundation provides analyses of public issues from a western Canadian point of view.

http://speeches.empireclub.org/results?fsu=Regionalism+-+Canada

The Empire Club of Canada provides a series of speeches on the state of regionalism in Canada.

http://www.fin.gc.ca/fedprov/eqp-eng.asp

This Government of Canada site discusses the principles and instruments involved in the country’s equalization payment system.

http://www.fin.gc.ca/access/fedprov-eng.asp

An explanation of all transfers between the federal government and the Canadian provinces is provided here.

https://www.canada.ca/en/crown-indigenous-relations-northern-affairs.html

This site includes information on the Government of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples, as well as specific information and services relating to Canada’s North.

http://www.canadaspremiers.ca/en/

The website of the secretariat that supports the Council of the Federation, which is intended to develop a consensus among Canada’s provinces concerning the issues inherent in their relationship with the Canadian federal government.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/about/parliament/education/ourcountryourparliament/html_booklet/division-powers-e.html

The division of powers in the Canadian Constitution that identifies the powers of the provinces and federal government can be found at this link.

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