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Canada: The State of the Federation, 2011The Changing Federal Environment: Rebalancing Roles |
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In this edition of Canada: The State of the Federation, contributors consider whether and to what degree the relationship between the central government and the provincial and territorial governments has changed in the past decade. The authors address three overarching questions. First, is the power base changing in Canada? If so, how are governments responding? Second, what are the implications of the changing environment for the relationships between governments? And third, are there underlying forces - such as economic or technological change, or demands for citizen engagement - that are pushing some provinces and regions to become more assertive in the global environment?
The papers are organized into four categories: those that identify and analyze the changing federal environment; those concerned with the implications of the 2011 federal election; those that deal with health policy and economic federalism; and those that explore the growing importance of the North and the changing dynamics among the provinces and the federal government. Among the topics discussed are the impact of a majority government based on a West-Ontario coalition, with Quebec represented primarily by the Opposition, the implications of the trade-off between health care spending and the public financing of other essential public goods, and second-generation trade agreements, such as the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Trade Agreement.
The papers are organized into four categories: those that identify and analyze the changing federal environment; those concerned with the implications of the 2011 federal election; those that deal with health policy and economic federalism; and those that explore the growing importance of the North and the changing dynamics among the provinces and the federal government. Among the topics discussed are the impact of a majority government based on a West-Ontario coalition, with Quebec represented primarily by the Opposition, the implications of the trade-off between health care spending and the public financing of other essential public goods, and second-generation trade agreements, such as the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Trade Agreement.
Details
Part of the Canada: The State of the Federation Series (number 21 in series)
254 Pages, 6 x 9
Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
ISBN 9781553392071
October 2014
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Nadia Verrelli is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Laurentian University.
CONTENTS
v Preface
vii Contributors
1 1. Introduction
Nadia Verrelli
I The Changing Federal Environment: Initial Observations
9 2. Embracing Imperfection: How Canada Fares in the Comparative
Federalism Literature
Thomas O. Hueglin
27 3. The Size of the Federal and Provincial Governments in Canada:
Some Quantitative Evidence
François Vaillancourt
II The Implications of the 2011 Federal Election
45 4. The West in Canada: Assessing the West’s Role in the Post-2011
Federal System
Loleen Berdahl
65 5. The Orange Wave: A (Re)Canadianization of the Quebec
Electorate?
François Rocher
83 6. Institutional Reform
David E. Smith
III Health Policy, Economic Federalism: Who Is in Charge?
95 7. Never More than a Step from Paradise: Canadian Provinces and
the Public Funding of Health Care Services
Pierre-Gerlier Forest
111 8. Federalism and Securities Regulation in Canada
Eric Spink
153 9. Canadian Federalism and International Trade: A Small Step While
Waiting for the Giant Leap
Patrick Fafard and Patrick Leblond
IV The Provinces and the North: Growing in Importance?
171 10. Something Old or Something New? Territorial Development and
Influence within the Canadian Federation
George Braden, Christopher Alcantara, and Michael Morden
195 11. On the Relative Neglect of Horizontal Intergovernmental Relations
in Canada
Éric Montpetit and Martial Foucault
215 12. From Old Canada, the New East: Adjusting to the Changing
Federal Environment
Christopher Dunn
v Preface
vii Contributors
1 1. Introduction
Nadia Verrelli
I The Changing Federal Environment: Initial Observations
9 2. Embracing Imperfection: How Canada Fares in the Comparative
Federalism Literature
Thomas O. Hueglin
27 3. The Size of the Federal and Provincial Governments in Canada:
Some Quantitative Evidence
François Vaillancourt
II The Implications of the 2011 Federal Election
45 4. The West in Canada: Assessing the West’s Role in the Post-2011
Federal System
Loleen Berdahl
65 5. The Orange Wave: A (Re)Canadianization of the Quebec
Electorate?
François Rocher
83 6. Institutional Reform
David E. Smith
III Health Policy, Economic Federalism: Who Is in Charge?
95 7. Never More than a Step from Paradise: Canadian Provinces and
the Public Funding of Health Care Services
Pierre-Gerlier Forest
111 8. Federalism and Securities Regulation in Canada
Eric Spink
153 9. Canadian Federalism and International Trade: A Small Step While
Waiting for the Giant Leap
Patrick Fafard and Patrick Leblond
IV The Provinces and the North: Growing in Importance?
171 10. Something Old or Something New? Territorial Development and
Influence within the Canadian Federation
George Braden, Christopher Alcantara, and Michael Morden
195 11. On the Relative Neglect of Horizontal Intergovernmental Relations
in Canada
Éric Montpetit and Martial Foucault
215 12. From Old Canada, the New East: Adjusting to the Changing
Federal Environment
Christopher Dunn
