The Guardian
Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario
Published on 18. June 2011
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-4426-4254-6 (ISBN)
Description
Finance departments have often been portrayed as guardians of the public purse. In The Guardian, a multidisciplinary group of contributors examines the Ministry of Finance of Ontario since the Second World War. During the last sixty years the Ministry was transformed from a relatively small 'Treasury' to a sophisticated policy machine. What started as a modest bookkeeping operation evolved into a key bureaucratic and policy agency as the government of Ontario assumed a leadership position in developing the province.
These essays reveal Ontario's 'finance' as a dynamic policy issue shaped by the personalities of premiers and ministers, the energies of public servants at all levels, and a critical dialogue between political and administrative worlds. Drawing on different methodologies, this collection profiles a ministry as policy entrepreneur, spender, revenue generator, capacity builder, budget director, program manager, and intergovernmental agent. The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.'
These essays reveal Ontario's 'finance' as a dynamic policy issue shaped by the personalities of premiers and ministers, the energies of public servants at all levels, and a critical dialogue between political and administrative worlds. Drawing on different methodologies, this collection profiles a ministry as policy entrepreneur, spender, revenue generator, capacity builder, budget director, program manager, and intergovernmental agent. The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
38 figures; 9 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4254-6 (9781442642546)
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12/2010
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Person
Patrice Dutil is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SECTION 1: STRUCTURES AND CONTEXTS OF THE GUARDIAN
1 The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943-1961
KEITH B ROWNSEY
2 From 'Treasury' to 'Finance': The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001
PATRICE DUTIL AND DEVYN LEONARD
3 Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001
JP LEWIS
SECTION 2: THE GUARDIAN IN POLICY MAKING
4 Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury's Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959-1967
P.E. BRYDEN
5 From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario's Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes
BRYAN EVANS AND JOHN SHIELDS
6 Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968-2003
PATRICE DUTIL, PETER RYAN, AND ANDRE GOSSIGNAC
7 The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public Administration
LUC BERNIER AND JOSEPH FACAL
SECTION 3: THE GUARDIAN AND BUDGET MAKING
8 Dealing with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985
CAROLINE DUFOUR
9 Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000
KEN OGATA AND GARY SPRAAKMAN
10 'Guardian' as 'Spender': Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005
GERVAN FEARON
11 Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960-2004
PATRICE DUTI L
Conclusion
PATRICE DUTIL
Contributors
Introduction
SECTION 1: STRUCTURES AND CONTEXTS OF THE GUARDIAN
1 The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943-1961
KEITH B ROWNSEY
2 From 'Treasury' to 'Finance': The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001
PATRICE DUTIL AND DEVYN LEONARD
3 Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001
JP LEWIS
SECTION 2: THE GUARDIAN IN POLICY MAKING
4 Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury's Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959-1967
P.E. BRYDEN
5 From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario's Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes
BRYAN EVANS AND JOHN SHIELDS
6 Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968-2003
PATRICE DUTIL, PETER RYAN, AND ANDRE GOSSIGNAC
7 The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public Administration
LUC BERNIER AND JOSEPH FACAL
SECTION 3: THE GUARDIAN AND BUDGET MAKING
8 Dealing with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985
CAROLINE DUFOUR
9 Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000
KEN OGATA AND GARY SPRAAKMAN
10 'Guardian' as 'Spender': Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005
GERVAN FEARON
11 Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960-2004
PATRICE DUTI L
Conclusion
PATRICE DUTIL
Contributors