The crown and Canadian federalism / D. Michael Jackson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press, �2013 2013)Description: 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, digital fileContent type:- text
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- Monarchy -- Canada
- Federal government -- Canada
- Constitutional history -- Canada
- Canada -- Politics and government
- Histoire constitutionnelle -- Canada
- Canada -- Politique et gouvernement
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General
- HISTORY -- General
- Constitutional history
- Federal government
- Monarchy
- Politics and government
- Canada
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- JL15 .J32 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index.
Introduction : The Crown in Canada -- Canada -- historically a constitutional monarchy -- Crown, parliamentary democracy, and the royal prerogative -- The Provincial Crown in Canada -- from subordinate to coordinate -- Lieutenant governors -- prestige, obscurity, and revival -- The contemporary Provincial Crown -- Canada : federal monarchy -- or federal republic -- Conclusion.
Following Queen Elizabeth II's historic Diamond Jubilee in 2012, there is renewed interest in the institution of the Crown in Canada and the roles of the queen, governor general, and lieutenant governor. Author D. Michael Jackson traces the story of the monarchy and the Crown and shows how they are integral to Canada's parliamentary democracy.
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