Decentralists argue that Canada has become, since the Depression, far too centralized, that powers, constitutional and financial, have been far too concentrated in the hands of the federal government and bureaucracy and that, as a result, Ottawa has been less and less responsive to local needs and aspirations. The supporters of decentralization are now found in all parts of Canada although they have especially been prominent in Quebec. The proponents of decentralization vary in their propositions from purely administrative decentralization to a genuine reshaping of Confederation by putting more power, and financial resources, in the hands of the provincial governments.
Decentralization is rather popular in Canada presently.