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An unidentifiable patient in a hospital bed.

Canada should define death in law

A hospital waiting area.

Why it’s time to move past the Canada Health Act

Against a deep blue sky, the parliament Hill building is in silhouette with the sun hitting only the Canadian flag flying from the top of the peace tower.

When did Canada become sovereign, really?

The first ministers standing in front of the prime minister’s residence, from left to right: Glen Clark, B.C.; Gary Filmon, Man.; Ralph Klein Alta.; Lucien Bouchard, Que.; Piers McDonald, Yukon; Roy Ramanow, Sask.; Jean Chrétien, Brian Tobin, Nfld.; Camille Thériault,N.B.; Miike Harris, Ont.; Patrick Binns, P.E.I.; Russell MacLellan, N.S.; and Jim Antoine, N.W.T.

Canada needs a new social union deal

The premiers and PM are seated at one long table.

How Canada’s internal trade reform echoes 1864 — and what it will take to finish the job

Alberta premier Daneille Smith with the Quebec flag in the background.

Why Alberta and Quebec diverge on judicial appointments

Long shadows from trees against pristine snow in front of the Supreme Court building.

The Supreme Court should not limit use of the notwithstanding clause

A half dozen people line up in front of a table as a woman explains something.

Alberta’s separation from Canada would be illegal

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The new federalism

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Pan-Canadian provincialism – the new federalism and the old Constitution

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Paul Martin’s sugar-daddy federalism, donating to a favoured cause health care

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Federalism in the Information Age: from the division of powers to citizen-centred government

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Watertight federalism seals both ways

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An elected Senate: key to redressing the democratic deficit, revitalizing federalism

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Conseil de la fédération : du réflexe de défense à  l’affirmation partenariale

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Letter from Iraq: From dictatorship to democracy – uniting diversity in the tent of federalism

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Will Martin touch our new economic Constitution?

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Why have a constitution at all?

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The judiciary’s distinctive role in our constitutional democracy

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Charlottetown: The Anatomy of Mega-Constitutional Politics

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The promise of federalism

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Bar chart titled “Table 1 — Regional support for devolution,” showing responses by province to the question of whether the federal government has too much power relative to provincial governments.

What kind of federalism do Canadians (outside Quebec) want?

Canadian flag floating with the Canadian Parliament in the background.

Lament for a nation—all over again?

Le drapeau de l'Alberta flotte dans les airs avec un coucher de soleil en fond.

The Alberta agenda

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