Difficulties of divided jurisdiction : a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Report (Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations)
contributor: Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations
creator: Corry, J. A. (James Alexander), 1899-1985
issued: 2019-05-09
issued: 1939
description: "(v. 1 of appendix: 36 x 39 cm.) At head of title of v. 1 of Report: ... Public accounts inquiry. Chairman: Joseph Sirois. Report in 3 v. (printed in 1940) Appendix 1-[8] in 18 v. (printed in 1938-39) Appendix 1 includes appendix A-H, J-K. Volume 2 includes a short history of the persistent claims of British Columbia for special subsidies and considerations from the federal government. Appendix 2, 'British North America at Confederation,' by Donald G. Creighton, is useful in assessing British Columbia's role in and contributions to the confederation movement. Scattered information, generally in the form of statistical tables, is found throughout the report and its appendices."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 194.
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note: Difficulties of Divided Jurisdiction A Study Prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations / I Introduction > II Marketing of Agricultural Products III Regulation of Insurance Companies IV Fisheries V Conciliation in and Investigation of Industrial Disputes. VI Conditional Grants Appendix Difficulties of Divided Jurisdiction EDITORIAL FOREWORD J. A. Corry, assistant professor of Political Science at Queen's University, was retained by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations to study the operation of joint Dominion-provincial administration in those fields in which jurisdiction is shared or co-operation attempted. This study is in a sense a companion work to Professor Cony's " Growth of Government Activities Since Confederation". In connection with his studies for the Commission Professor Corry interviewed many of the leading Dominion and provincial officials concerned. The method of presentation and any expressions of opinion are solely the responsibility of the author, and not of the Commission. The most important_fields of divided jurisdiction, based on interpretation of the_British North America Act by courts, are marketing, regulation of insurancej^ companies. fisheries^_andjlie settlement of labour disputes. Professor Corry co:d7 eludes that "when the Dominion and province share the administration of some single function of government, it... leads, in most cases, to friction, waste and inefficiency." He adds, however, that Canadians may prefer, for the sake of local autonomy, to pay these costs rather than to set up unitary control where that is the only practicable alternative. (But as functions in which the Dominion and the provinces have concurrent powers, such as assistance to agriculture, are not examples of divided jurisdiction in the sense considered in this study, Professor Corry's conclusion must not be taken to be a condemnation of concurrent powers.) A second group of functions in which both Dominion and provincial …
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has type: Books
identifier: JL20.A1 Appendix 7
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0378685
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Ottawa : J.O. Patenaude
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subject: Canada. Constitution Act, 1867
subject: Federal government--Canada
subject: Grants-in-aid--Canada
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