WHAT IS FEDERALISM?

DEFINITION:

"A political organization in which the activities of government are divided between regional governments and a central government in such a way that each kind of government has some kind of activities on which it makes final decisions"

---William H. Riker

•	Historically, the most common reasons for having federal unions, or federations,

are (1) the desire for military security; and (2) the desire for economic and political expansion.

•	Canada is no exception!