[Hieronymus]

Provincial premiers don’t have a lot of of power in Canada. Much less than any state government.

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I have lived in a number of U.S. States and most of three decades in Ontario.

The Premier of Ontario has more power both relatively and absolutely than any U.S. governor—Including California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois—all of which have larger populations than Ontario.

There are no balances in Canada, and checks are something you find in hockey.

The provincial-federal split is in fact much more favourable to the provinces in Canada than it has become in the States to the States because Canada is too d@mn big to govern.

Take it from the Arrogant Worms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOM-TmZBzZo

[Alberta's Child]

Great post. In terms of the division of power between the federal and state/provincial governments, Canada functions today the way the U.S. would have functioned if the Confederacy had won the Civil War.

[Jonty30]

Ontario, yes. Ontario flips elections. Elections are decided at the Ontario border, with no input from the West. The West adds window dressing at most. There are electoral consequences to punishing Alberta for trying to assert its rights.

What is on paper, as far as federal and provincial rights go is only a piece of paper in reality.