A federal system where there is a strong federal government and weaker provincial governments. Its opposite is centrifugal federalism, where power would be dispersed from the centre to the provincial governments. In Canada the debate over these visions of federalism has continued since before confederation and is still unresolved. See CONFEDERATION / .

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