Julien Marinay

Government Responsibilities

Federal Provincial Municipal

National Defence Education Public Transit

Foreign Diplomacy
International Trade
Aboriginal Affairs
Postal Service
Banking System
Marriage and Divorce
Criminal Law
Health Services, Hospitals
Some Natural Resources
Environmental Issues
Charities
Licenses
Highways
Provincial Court System
Provincial Police/Prisons
Garbage Collection and
Disposal Services
Water and Sewage
Snow Removal
Fire Protection Services
Zoning Land
Local Police Services
Collection of Property Taxes
and fees for many licenses

Federal Government
The federal government is the national government of Canada, centred in Ottawa. The term
can refer narrowly to the Canadian Cabinet, or more broadly to the Cabinet and the public
service. The federal government plays a huge role in Canadians' lives from the collection of
taxes to the delivery of social services, and from the supervision of international trade to the
safeguarding of national security.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/federal-government/

Provincial Government
Under Canada's federal system, the powers of government are shared between the federal
government and 10 provincial governments. The provinces are responsible for public schooling,
health and social services, highways, the administration of justice, and local government.
However, overlapping and conflicting interests have stretched provincial concerns across
virtually every area of Canadian life. Provinces are free to determine their own levels of public
services, and each province has been true to its economic and cultural interests in its own
fashion.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/provincial-government/

Municipal Government
Municipal governments are local authorities created by the provinces and territories to provide
services that are best managed under local control. They raise revenue (largely from property
taxes and provincial grants) and impact peoples daily lives in numerous ways, from garbage
pick-up and public transit to fire services, policing and programs at community centres, libraries
and pools. Municipal governments include cities, towns, villages and rural (county) or
metropolitan municipalities.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/municipal-government/