The ‘federal deficit’ at play at the beginning of the modern Canadian federal odyssey, in 1864-7, has been thoroughly analysed since K. C.

Wheare notori­ously qualified Canada as ‘quasi-federal in law’ back in 1946. Our purpose here is not to add to these well-documented remarks on the foundational moment of the Canadian federation.^[XXVII] Rather, let us fast-forward a hundred years and see how the political dynamics between the Quebec government and the central government in Ottawa have evolved.

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