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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797119203321

Autore

Little Bruce <1945->

Titolo

Fixing the future : how Canada's usually fractious governments worked together to rescue the Canada Pension Plan / / Bruce Little

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-5119-9

1-4426-3282-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Research unit on classroom learning & computer use in schools

Disciplina

368.4/300971

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy

History

Electronic books.

Canada Politics and government 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Cook-Bennett, Gail -- Foreword / Ambachtsheer, Keith -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Gloomy Canada -- 2. The Creation of a Pension Plan -- 3. The Desultory Decades -- 4. Finally, Some Action on Financing -- 5. Finance Takes Over the File -- 6. Public Fears, Proposed Solutions -- 7. The Bombshell Report -- 8. The Outside Debate -- 9. The Reform Takes Shape -- 10. Clarifying the Choices -- 11. Consultations -- Of All Kinds -- 12. Progress and Stumbles -- 13. Rules for the Fund -- 14. Autumn Obstacles -- 15. The Deal Is Done -- 16. Parliament Gets Its Say -- 17. Launching the CPP Investment Board -- 18. Lessons Learned -- Appendix: Summary of Canada Pension Plan Provisions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bruce Little explains the CPP overhaul and shows why it stands as one of Canada's most significant public policy success stories, in part because it demanded an almost unparalleled degree of federal-provincial co-operation.