Since the rise of the Canadian welfare state in the aftermath of the Second World War, the politics of social policy and fiscal federalism have been at the centre of federal-provincial relations. Recent events have given impetus for scholars to re-examine these issues.
Sujit Choudhry is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Lorne Sossin is Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.