Marks Papers that address the Canadian principle of dividing legislative authority between federal and provincial governments.
Loyalist № 19. Hamilton warned that formulas for fairness would only breed jealousy. Canada built Confederation on equalization, promising equity among Provinces through fiscal federalism. Our Dominion, however, will only endure not by quotas and ledgers but by remembering Our shared allegiance to the Crown.
Loyalist № 3. Just as Hamilton feared that an incomplete economic union would invite a “policy of fostering divisions among us,” so have We Ourselves fallen prey to the same strategy employed by the new U.S. administration. In the face of American economic aggression and overt threats to annex Our country, Canada’s fragmented economic framework leaves Us vulnerable.
Loyalist № 2. Elijah Harper's 1990 stand against the Meech Lake Accord highlighted not only Québec's alienation but also the ongoing denial of Indigenous Peoples' autonomy and inherent rights under the Constitution. Harper said, "We were to recognize Québec as a distinct society, whereas we as Aboriginal people were completely left out." Can the fractures in Our federation be fixed?