“sive, Sad to’ say, we've ‘got so
7 _ mich government that ‘the

various levels keep getting i in'~ ‘al level to include matters |

“Every cloud has a ‘silver

“lining. To wit: one. of life’s ©
_.” small blessings is .we. don’t.
co. get as much ‘povernment 8s .
_, we pay for. 7

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“now own with . to. see. if. they make

- quentiy given en grants te to local {

interest groups such asinner- ao cps et ss ? - > oa ps . = bg = hy p>.
city” anti-poverty ‘associa- ;
tions; 3 2 Department of the ¢

»* OF course, ' we: dos ‘get far the ~fede
more than.we need. Or de- ‘active i

~~ one another's way.

Sometimes, . overzealous- -
ness on. the part of one level

. of government can put into- |

_lerable strain on’ the whole

system. Something, like that —
_ has. been taking place:at the.
. federal level. To sum up. the.

os “problem: Ottawa has forgot- _

Nae

— ten the meaning of “federal —
a government”. oo
Inca federation, 1 regions
which are characterized by.
'» local. social issues deal with |
‘those. issues on. ‘their own. -
"Those issues which affect all |
~ residents of! the. federation © .
equally. ‘and in the same way *
are dealt with by the central:
. government. ‘In Canada; there-

fore, a proper federation

“would find the provinces

looking after all issues of pro-

. vincial interest while Ottawa
- would. cover the national a

sues like defence.

- Sometimes the central Zo-.

. vernment gets overambitious
and begins intruding into re-

as

gional affairs. The result is_
almost always unpleasant. |

The United States, forexam-

_ ple, might be part of England

today if ‘the central govern-
ment in Britain had agreed to
spin off more ‘local. powers
to the’ regional government

in the New World.

‘Donald Smiley, a profes-
sor at Toronto's York Univer-
‘sity, recently compiled a list

~~ of federal departments which

clearly trespass on provincial
legislative grounds. Among
his findings: Ottawa has fre-

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one of those functionsis pro-
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are highly localized. “1978 Fats Domino
’ Quebec has taken offence - coming soon

‘ately — and quite rightly - al
to federal interference with °
provincial - affairs. The pro-
vince has made it quite clear
that it wanis Ottawa to re--
frain from attempting to in- .
fluence. education, health —
“care, pensions or any of |
many other local matters. .
+ Other provinces. are ‘begin-
‘ning to realize the extent to”
which their sovereignty has
been undermined.

'‘There’s more to the story
than local pride, - however.
Federal action in provincial
circles normally results in
duplication of | services. Do

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_ments of consumer affairs —
or is the end result not mere-
ly a waste of tax dollars? Or
does it make sense to have
‘Ottawa’ providing the same—
kind of manpower training
incentives to busiiiess that.
are being administered bye
the provinces.

Apparently no one in
_ Ottawa has heard what too
‘many cooks will do to the
broth. |
Think small’ isa an editorial
mossage from the Canadian

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