04839nam 2200721 450 991045728880332120200520144314.01-4426-9426-210.3138/9781442694262(CKB)2550000000086037(EBL)3277572(OCoLC)923775939(SSID)ssj0000599212(PQKBManifestationID)11399306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599212(PQKBWorkID)10596106(PQKB)10909279(CEL)438889(OCoLC)776812450(CaBNVSL)slc00228232(MiAaPQ)EBC3277572(MiAaPQ)EBC4672793(DE-B1597)479185(OCoLC)987927045(DE-B1597)9781442694262(Au-PeEL)EBL4672793(CaPaEBR)ebr11258447(OCoLC)958514926(EXLCZ)99255000000008603720160926h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe guardian perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario /edited by Patrice DutilToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2011.©20111 online resource (378 p.)Series in Public Management and Governance0-8020-4254-6 1-4426-4254-8 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments / Dutil, Patrice -- Introduction -- SECTION 1. Structures and Contexts of the Guardian -- 1. The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943-1961 / Brownsey, Keith -- 2. From 'Treasury' to 'Finance': The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001 / Dutil, Patrice / Leonard, Devyn -- 3. Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001 / Lewis, Jp -- SECTION 2. The Guardian in Policy Making -- 4. Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury's Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959-1967 / Bryden, P.E. -- 5. From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario's Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes / Evans, Bryan / Shields, John -- 6. Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968-2003 / Dutil, Patrice / Ryan, Peter / Gossignac, André -- 7. The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public Administration / Bernier, Luc / Facal, Joseph -- SECTION 3. The Guardian and Budget Making -- 8. Coping with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985 / Dufour, Caroline -- 9. Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000 / Ogata, Ken / Spraakman, Gary -- 10. 'Guardian' as 'Spender': Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005 / Fearon, Gervan -- 11. Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960-2004 / Dutil, Patrice -- Conclusion / Dutil, Patrice -- Contributors -- BackmatterFinance 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.'Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.Finance, PublicOntarioFiscal policyOntarioBudgetOntarioElectronic books.Finance, PublicFiscal policyBudget336.713Dutil Patrice A.1960-Institute of Public Administration of Canada.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457288803321The guardian2146657UNINA