Synopses & Reviews
How Ottawa Spends, 2003-2004: Regime Change and Policy Shift analyses the political in-fighting of the federal Liberal pary and how it has affected public policy development, implementation, and evaluation in Canada.
Table of Contents
1. Governing Unnaturally: The Liberals, Regime Change and Policy Shift, G. Bruce Doern
2. Unfinished Legacy: Liberal Policy on North America, Geoffrey Hale, University of Lethbridge
3. More or Less Than Meets the Eye? The New National Security Agenda, Reg Whitaker, University of Victoria
4. The House of Commons Under the Chretian Government, John Malloy, Carleton University
5. Reconciling Energy and Climate Change Policies: How Ottawa Blends, Deborah VanNijnatten, Wilfrid Laurier University and Douglas MacDonald, University of Toronto
6. The Federal Role in Health Care Reform: Legacy or Limbo, Gerard W. Boychuk, University of Waterloo
7. Higher Education Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Innovation Agenda, Allan Tupper, University of Alberta
8. The Pursuit of An Elusive Ideal: Spending Review and Reallocation Under the Chretien Government, Joanne Kelly, Griffith University, Australia
9. Taking Stock: Governance Practices and Portfolio Performance of The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Michael Prince, University of Victoria
10. The State of Student Financial Aid, Saul Schwartz, Carleton University and Ross Finnie, Queen's University
11. The Innovation White Paper, John de la Mothe, University of Ottawa
12. Dancing Around the Digital Divide: The Fight for a Federal Broadband Access Policy, Richard Schultz, McGill University
13. Fifteenth to Fifth?: The Role of Government Labs in Canada's New Science Policy, Jeffrey S. Kinder, Carleton University
Appendix A: Political Facts and Trends
Appendix B: Fiscal Facts and Trends