Original sentence: As well, some legal scholars have argued that the federal government's exercise of its constitutional spending power has contributed to strained federal-provincial relations.Delivery of health services is, under the constitution, a provincial responsibility.However, by making health care funding available to the provinces under the Canada Health Act contingent upon delivery of services according to federal standards, the federal government has the ability to influence health care delivery.Particularly in the past decade, this has been one of Canada's dominant political conflicts.This power, which allows the federal government to spend the revenue it raises in any way that it pleases, allows the federal government to overstep the constitutional division of powers by creating programs that intrude into provincial jurisdiction.This spending power, coupled with Supreme Court rulings that have held that this funding can be reduced unilaterally at any time (as federal health care funding has been), has contributed to strained federal-provincial relations
Edited sentence: As well, some legal scholars have argued that the federal government's exercise of its Constitutional "spending power" has contributed to strained federal-provincial relations.Delivery of health services is, under the Constitution, a provincial responsibility.However, by making the funding for health care available to the provinces under the Canada Health Act contingent upon delivery of health services according to federal standards, the federal government now exerts considerable control over health care delivery.Particularly in the past decade, this has been one of Canada's dominant political conflicts, and a contributing factor to the rise of the Reform Party and the Bloc Québécois in 1993.These spending power intrusions, coupled with Supreme Court rulings which have held that this funding can be reduced unilaterally at any time (as federal health care funding has been), have contributed considerably to strained federal-provincial relations.This power, which allows the federal government to spend the revenue it raises from taxation in any way that it pleases, allows the federal government to overstep the Constitutional division of powers by creating spending programs that intrude into provincial heads of power