FEDERAL-ONTARIO RELATIONS IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION TOWARDS A PERSPECTIVE ON THE PERPETUATION OF THE CANADIAN FEDERAL SYSTEM: FEDERAL-ONTARIO RELATIONS IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, 1945-1970 By

ii The literatures on federalism, integration, and political development all tend to present the progressive centralization of popular allegiance and political power over time as the normal and expected pattern of the histor~,experience of federations and other states. Canada is an;:"~~ ~ federation which does not conform to this model. Canada'sl.:rnternal fragmentations seem at least as compelling as ever, even after more than a century of federal union. Yet the federation has managed to endure while maintaining its divisions. In recent years certain Canadian provinces have become increasingly assertive and persuasive advocates of full autonomy in fields of provincial jurisdiction. They have also sought the fiscal capacity to implement this authority. For a number of reasons some provinces have induced the federal gover