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| Transferred from the control of the British government to that of the Canadian government. The patriated Canadian Constitution of 1982 gave the provinces more rights and powers than they had had under the British North America Act of 1867. |
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Equalization Payments
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| Revenues from federal taxes that are paid by the Canadian government to less prosperous provinces to ensure that public services are more or less equally available to all Canadians. |
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| The right to self-determination that exists for Indigenous peoples who occupied the land and governed themselves for thousands of years before colonizers arrived. |
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| An area of the earth's surface that represents a large ecological zone and has characteristic landforms and climate. |
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Economic Nationalists
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| People who believe that a country's businesses and industries should be protected against foreign interests. |
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