How Ottawa Spends, 2007-2008
The Harper Conservatives - Climate of Change
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2007
336 pages
978-0-7735-7562-2 (ISBN)
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The priorities and policies of the Harper conservatives as they confront a climate of change both politically and environmentally.
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08/2007
McGill-Queen's University Press
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Doern G. Bruce:
G. Bruce Doern is distinguished research professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University and professor emeritus in the Politics Department at the University of Exeter.G. Bruce Doern is professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, and the Politics Department, University of Exeter, and the author or co-author of several books, including Innovation, Science, and Environment: Canadian Policie
G. Bruce Doern is distinguished research professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University and professor emeritus in the Politics Department at the University of Exeter.G. Bruce Doern is professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, and the Politics Department, University of Exeter, and the author or co-author of several books, including Innovation, Science, and Environment: Canadian Policie
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The Harper Conservatives in Power: Emissions Impossible
- PART I: MACRO CHOICES AND CHALLENGES
- 2 Addressing the Fiscal Imbalance Through Asymmetrical Federalism: Dangerous Times for the Harper Government and for Canada
- 3 La Grande Seduction: Wooing Quebec
- 4 "Getting Down to Business" Rebuilding Canada-U.S. Relations Under the Harper Government
- 5 The Federal Accountability Act: How Ottawa Steps Backward in Monitoring Political Ethics and Integrity
- 6 Why Ministerial Responsibility Can Still Work
- 7 Room for Manoeuver? The Tory Agenda and Liberal Commitments
- PART II: SELECTED POLICY, POLITICAL AND BUDGETARY REALMS
- 8 Energy Shift: Canadian Energy Policy Under the Harper Conservatives
- 9 Patience! . Wait Time Guarantees and Conservative Health Care Policy
- 10 The Harper Government's Universal Child Care Plan: Paradoxical or Purposeful Social Policy?
- 11 Federal Public Service Labour Relations: Business as Usual?
- 12 Righting Wrongs: Locking Them Up Without Losing the Key - Tory Reforms to Crime and Punishment
- 13 Public-Private Partnerships: P3 and the "Porcupine Problem"
- 14 Consumer Protection Through Free Markets, Small Government, and Individual Responsibility? The Federal Approach, 1993-2007
- Appendix A: Canadian Political Facts and Trends
- Appendix B: Fiscal Facts and Trends
- Contributors
