[hiram112]

> The canadian constitution lists certain powers the provinces have and certain powers the federal gov has, with basically anything unmentioned being federal.

That's interesting. It's pretty much the opposite according to the US Constitution, which delegates certain specific powers to the feds, anything else is (supposedly) up to the states. In practice, though, that's been ignored quite a bit in the last century.

[bawolff]

I think the joke is, that canada wanted strong federal government and weak provinces and ended up with the opposite. USA wanted strong states and weak fed, but ended up with opposite.*

*IANA political scientist, i dont know how true this actually is.

[dblohm7]

This was discussed by my political science prof when I took such a course, so I am willing to vouch for you on this. :-)