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      Saskatchewan’s perspective on the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol : sources of conflict in Canadian federalism

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      Date
      2011-03
      Author
      Hydomako, Carl Adam
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      The 2002 ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by the government of Canada represents an interesting case study in Canadian federalism. This thesis seeks to explore the perspective of the government of Saskatchewan during the debate surrounding the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. In examining Saskatchewan’s perspective, this thesis uses the theoretical framework developed by Richard Simeon in Federal-Provincial Diplomacy: The Making of Recent Policy in Canada. In particular, the four major sources of intergovernmental conflict identified by Simeon, economic conflict, ideological conflict, political competition, and differences in perspective, will be used to examine Saskatchewan’s reaction to the ratification to the Kyoto Protocol. Climate change policy provides interesting insights into Canadian federalism. Constitutional authority in environmental policy is concurrently shared between both levels of government. At the same time, the federal government has authority to make international treaties, but requires provincial consent to implement those treaties in areas of provincial jurisdiction. Unlike other previous intergovernmental negotiations, the Kyoto Protocol’s ratification also introduces international elements and considerations to domestic federal-provincial relations, which have rarely been explored in academic literature surrounding Canadian federalism. As such, this thesis hopes to use the case study of Saskatchewan’s perspective on Kyoto’s ratification as a means of expanding on the relevance of Simeon’s framework through the consideration of unexplored international factors on Canadian federalism.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Political Studies
      Program
      Political Studies
      Supervisor
      Michelmann, Hans
      Committee
      Berdahl, Loleen; Story, Don; Belcher, Ken
      Copyright Date
      March 2011
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-03072011-135852
      Subject
      Saskatchewan
      climate change policy
      Kyoto
      environmental policy
      federalism
      Canada
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