He has been unable to shake the perception that he is a Canadian before he is a Quebecker, and that he is à quatre pattes (on all fours) before the federal government, in the words of a PQ stalwart.Over the past few years, the PQ government has wrung from Ottawa more local control over matters such as employment policy and health care.
"Frankly, it's a matter of local control".
That has provided the fuel for the rising popularity of autonomy, as a result of the desire to have greater local control over the increasingly-important matter of fiscal policy.Although the rise of nationalism cannot entirely be explained by economic forces, there are similar parallels to Scotland in other places of the world.
The Colorado Association of School Boards has neither condemned nor condoned Dove Creek's decision and the Colorado Department of Education has not taken a stance either because it's considered a matter of local control, The Denver Post reports.
Local government councils control matters regarding transportation, economic development, health, and education.
"Ten years ago, we were for local control [of groundwater resources] no matter what," said Tim Quinn, executive director of the Assn. of California Water Districts.
A common critique of federalism is that no matter how good local control of laws sounds in theory, in practice "states rights" has been code for opposition to civil rights laws that protect the right of minorities.
He said the administration was not considering revising the law to protect programs for gifted children, calling such programs a matter of "state and local control".
The other theme concerned the drive to give greater local control to bishops on pastoral or administrative matters that many here told the pope did not require Rome's intervention.
With five months to go until the vote, some islanders are trying to bring issues such as fishing and renewable energy under local control, so they can have more say on the matters that affect them.
