(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2005-12) DiGiacomo, Gordon
Executive federalism has been a prominent institution in the Canadian political system for at
least four decades. Defined by Kathy Brock as “...the arrangements used to negotiate agreements
between the two levels of government for the provision of programs, services, and the co-ordination
of policies,”1 the institution has been decried on several grounds. After the failed Meech Lake and
Charlottetown Accords the practice was the subject of widespread denunciation.
