SIPP Public Policy Papers 38

Abstract

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.