Fill in the blanks to make the following statements correct.
a. Canada has different fiscal authorities, in the form of federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments. The coordination of the taxing and spending powers of these governments gives rise to our system of _______. One of the guiding principles of this system is that individuals, no matter where they live in Canada, should have access to a comparable level and quality of _______ and should face approximately the same _______.
b. The two major programs by which cash is transferred from Canada's federal government to provincial governments are _______ and _______.
c. What are the five pillars of Canada's social policy?
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d. Education and health care are primarily _______ responsibilities even though the _______ government makes large _______ to the provincial governments to help finance these programs.
e. Employment insurance is operated by the _______. It is designed to be approximately _______ over the course of the typical business cycle.
f. The government encourages households to save for their retirement by offering special tax treatment in _______ and _______.