1)      Is there a distinctly ‘Quebec’ conception of Canadian federalism? Is it reconcilable with the main constitutive principles of the Canadian polity today?

2)      Is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms compatible with federalism? Can the Supreme Court legitimately act as a neutral Meta-Political actor, to use Kelly and Murphy’s terminology?

3)      Please explain the role of the federal spending power in shaping both the nature of intergovernmental relations in Canada and the evolution of the federal idea?