LEADER 04427nam 2200637 450 001 9910460676303321 005 20200917021826.0 010 $a1-4426-5635-2 010 $a1-4426-3305-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656352 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433118 035 $a(EBL)3432171 035 $a(OCoLC)929153900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669459 035 $a(CEL)449900 035 $a(OCoLC)918588883 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235816 035 $a(DE-B1597)465691 035 $a(OCoLC)979756805 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656352 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669459 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255992 035 $a(OCoLC)958580326 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433118 100 $a20160920h19811981 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe politics of federalism $eOntario's relations with the federal government, 1867-1942 /$fChristopher Armstrong 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1981. 210 4$dİ1981 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 225 0 $aThe Ontario Hitorical Studies Series,$x0380-9188 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-5146-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tThe Ontario Historical Studies Series -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Remoulding the Constitution -- $t2. Federalism and Economic Development -- $t3. Public Power and Disallowance -- $t4. Exporting Electricity -- $t5. Playing the Federal-Provincial Game -- $t6. Financing the Federation in Peace and War -- $t7. Social Change and Constitutional Amendment -- $t8. Water-power and the Constitution -- $t9. The Battle of the St Lawrence -- $t10. Revising the Constitution -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix -- $tNote on Sources -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThe British North America Act of 1867 fashioned a Canadian federation which was intended to be a highly centralized union led by a powerful national government. Soon after Confederation, however, the government of Ontario took the lead in demanding a greater share of the power for the provinces, and it has continued to press this case. Professor Armstrong analyses the forces which promoted decentralization and the responses which these elicited from the federal government. He explains Ontario's reasons for pursuing this particular policy from 1867 to the Second World War. The author's sources are the private papers of federal and provincial premiers and other contemporary political figures, government publications, parliamentary debates, and newspapers. He has identified and developed three separate but related themes: the dynamic role played by private business interests in generating intergovernmental conflicts; Ontario's policy of promoting its economic growth by encouraging the processing of its resources at home; and the tremendous influence exerted by increasing urbanization and industrialization on the growth of the responsibilities of the provinces. During the 1930s, efforts to restructure the federal system were rejected by Ontario because it preferred to maintain the status quo,and was unsympathetic to greater equalization between the regions. Consequently, Ontario took a leading part in opposing the redivision of powers recommended by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations in 1940. This book provides part of the historical context into which current debates on the question of federalism may be fitted. It thus will be of importance and interest to historians, students of Canadian history, and the general reader alike. (Ontario Historical Studies Series: Themes) 410 0$aOntario historical studies series,$x0380-9188. 606 $aFederal government$zCanada$xHistory 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y1867-1914 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y1914-1945 607 $aOntario$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFederal government$xHistory. 676 $a321.02/3/0971 700 $aArmstrong$b Christopher$f1942-$0801980 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460676303321 996 $aThe politics of federalism$92146612 997 $aUNINA