Political debates have occurred between Canada and the provinces for hundreds of years. Shortly after the creation of Canada in 1867, there were disputes between the federal and the various provincial governments over areas of jurisdiction and the division of power (Harris 1991). Even though the Constitutional Act of 1867, divided the powers between the provinces and the federal government, there has always been debate over the interpretation of how and to what extent these powers should be divided. More recently, the constitutional debate has centered around the powers of the province of Quebec. Since the ear

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