How Ottawa spends, 2004-2005 : mandate change in the Paul Martin era / / edited by G. Bruce Doern

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783799203321
• Autore: Doern G. Bruce
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• ISBN: 1-282-86305-3; 9786612863059; 0-7735-7237-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 400 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: How Ottawa Spends Series ; ; 25
• Disciplina: 354.7100722
• Soggetti: Government spending policy - Canada; Public Finance; Political Science; Law, Politics & Government; Canada Appropriations and expenditures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Published for the School of Policy Studies and Administration Carleton University."; Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Martin in Power: From Coronation to Contest -- Macro Choices and Challenges -- Fiscal Imbalance as Governance Failure -- The Emerging Policy Shift in Canada-us Relations -- Global Flows and Local Places: The Cities Agenda -- Innovation, Services, and the Transformation of the Canadian Industrial Structure -- The Social Union and the Importance of Place -- Martin’s Moment: The Social Policy Agenda of a New Prime Minister -- I Spy with my Little Eye ... Canada’s National Child Benefit -- New Fishery Management in Atlantic Canada: Communities, Governments, and Alternative Targets -- Energy, Resources, and Environment-Economy Integration -- Implementing Kyoto: When Spending Is Not Enough -- Governance for Sustainable Development: Next Stage Institutional and Policy Innovations -- Federal Policy and Alberta’s Oil and Gas: The Challenge of Biodiversity Conservation -- ; “Smart Regulation,” Regulatory Congestion, and Natural Resources Regulatory Governance -- Renewing Governance -- The Next Generation? Recruitment and Renewal in the Federal Public Service -- The Office of Ethics Commissioner, Accountability, and Public Trust -- Reshaping Ottawa’s Centre of Government: Martin’s Reforms in Historical Perspective -- Canadian Political Facts and Trends -- Fiscal Facts and Trends -- Abstracts/Résumés -- Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on the work of academics and other experts from across Canada, Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration's annual book takes a focused and robust look at an era where a political coronation seemed inevitable but high expectations had to be managed downwards almost immediately. A less-than-buoyant fiscal surplus, escalating concerns about liberal ethics and corruption, and a growing volatility in public opinion are examined as are Canadians' increasingly uncertain views about the new Liberal leadership versus the old Liberal Party's ten-year hold on power. A new Conservative Party and a suddenly feisty New Democratic Party are also a central part of the new 2004-2005 Canadian political and policy milieu.