How Ottawa Spends, 2010-2011

Preface vii; 1 Double Deficit: Fiscal and Democratic Challenges in the Harper Era 3; G. Bruce Doern and Christopher Stoney; PART ONE: THE MACRO POLITICAL-ECONOMIC RECESSION CONTEXT; 2 The Drama of Parliament under Minority Government 31; Jonathan Malloy; 3 Canada-US Relations in the Obama Era: Warming or Greening? 48; Geoffrey E. Hale; 4 The Global Financial Meltdown and Financial Regulation: Shirking and Learning - Canada in an International Context 68; Stephen L. Harris; 5 The Canadian Escape From the Subprime Crisis? Comparing the US and Canadian Approaches 87; Derek Ireland and Kernaghan Webb; PART TWO: NEW AND OLD INDUSTRIAL-INNOVATION AND RECOVERY POLICY ?; 6 Harper Government Industrial Strategy and Industrial Policy in the Economic Crisis 109; Markus Sharaput; 7 Buy American or Buy Canadian?: Public Procurement Politics and Policy Under International Frameworks 128; Melissa Haussman and David Biette; 8 The Auto Industry Bailout: Industrial Policy or Job-Saving Social Policy? 150; Christopher Waddell; 9 Science and Technology Spending: Still No Viable Federal Innovation Agenda 168; Peter W.B. Phillips and David Castle; 10 The Recession and Aboriginal Workers 187; Senada Delic and Frances Abele; PART THREE: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES AND CHOICES; 11 The Precarious State of the Federal Public Service: Prospects for Renewal 219; David Zussman; 12 The Officers of Parliament: More Watchdogs, More Teeth, Better Governance? 243; John A. Stilborn; 13 Temporary Help Agency Employment in the Federal Government 261; Tim J. Bartkiw;; Appendix A: Canadian Political Facts and Trends 279; Appendix B: Fiscal Facts and Trends 289; Contributors 305.