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What areas of law is the Government of Canada responsible for?
The federal government has responsibility for
- criminal law;
- federal taxation;
- navigation and shipping;
- banking;
- patents and copyright;
- national defense;
- foreign affairs;
- fisheries;
- divorce;
- trade and commerce;
- citizenship and Indian affairs.
As well, it provides services such as the postal system.
December 1996
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