Canadian federalism relies on an interworking of government levels. To use an example, criminal law is written federally, the prosecutors are funded and run pr

Canadian federalism relies on an interworking of government levels. To use an example, criminal law is written federally, the prosecutors are funded and run provincially, the superior courts are run provincially but the federal government appoints the judges. It's a nice idea but as you say when we run into governments with different views on how to realize things, it can result in a log-jam. I don't think anything as dramatic as a unitary state is needed; just make healthcare and housing the sole jurisdiction of either the feds or the provinces. The current system of joint funding seems to have caused a game of jurisdictional hot potato.