What functions are best done by the federal government, the provincial government and local government?
GT: The federal government is the ideal one for running the military. There is a very large economy of scale in military activities. You can have reserves at the local level, and both you and we do, but that is clearly federal. There are a few other things, let’s say leasing the electromagnetic spectrum and then there are contagious diseases. Empirically, you really have to have a large area to ponder. There is a clear-cut case for central government. Almost all of the other things can be done very well locally. In many cases, it can be done at the level of cities. It depends on the individual activity. In general, your preference should be to move down to the lower level. But you have to look into each case. FC: Why is it that we should push political power down as close to the citizen as possible? GT: Because the citizen can vote with his feet. He can move from one political power to another. With voting, you can’t. FC: This is the argument for having multiple jurisdictions, and agai
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