How does the sovereignty of the Canadian Provinces compare to the sovereignty of the American States?

Answer 1

I would put it that the Canadian provinces have a bit more sovereignty over themselves vs. the Canadian federal government than the American states do, one of the primary reasons being that Canada never had a civil war where one of the casualties was states' rights.

Answer 2

Merriam Webster defines sovreignity as follows:

Etymology: Middle English soverainte, from Anglo-French sovereinté, from soverein
1 obsolete : supreme excellence or an example of it
2 a : supreme power especially over a body politic b : freedom from external control : AUTONOMY c : controlling influence
3 : one that is sovereign; especially : an autonomous state

Canada belongs to 2 commonwealths as well as being a nation: Canada is an active member of both the British Commonwealth, a loose organisation of the United Kingdom and its former colonies, and the Francophonie, the group of countries that were French colonies or have a sizeable French-speaking minority. Both these commonwealths (along with their respective [other] commonwealth members) have their own agendas as well as the nation of Canada. The commonwealth of Canada answers to 2 external political bodies outside of its nation state. This fragmentization impact the sovreinity of Canada to a greater extent, making Canada less sovreign than the USA. The USA answers only to the commonwealth of its united states.

Answer 3

Sovereignty is sovereignty period. It is the exercising of supreme rule over a piece of land.

Answer 4

canada has two sets of governments to answer to, the first level is federal the second is provincial. the sovereignty at the provinical level is limited to only certain ministries. technically it is not the same as the US.

Answer 5

the state cannot be in conflict w/federal law/