How Ottawa Spends 2008-2009

The twenty-ninth edition ofHow Ottawa Spendsfocuses on the policies of the Harper government and the course of federal-provincial relations. Leading scholars of Canadian public policy explore several key policy areas, including fiscal balance in the federation, tax policy, regulatory capacity, the federal funding of territorial and northern Aboriginal governments, child care policy, higher education policy, telecommunications policy, and the rapid appearance and disappearance of the federal social economy initiative - i.e., "how Ottawa doesn't spend."

Preface1 Introduction: A More Orderly Federalism? / Allan M. Maslove; 2 Vertical Imbalance in the Canadian Federation / Stanley L. Winer and Walter Hettich; 3 International Capital and Domestic Politics: Balancing Political and Economic Management / Geoffrey Hale; 4 Potential for a Regulatory Breakthrough? Regulatory Governance and Human Resource Initiatives / Barry Stemshorn and Robert W. Slater; 5 A Little Imagination Required: How Ottawa Funds Territorial and Northern Aboriginal Governments / Frances Abele and Michael J. Prince; 6 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Child Care Policy from Martin to Harper / Cheryl Collier and Rianne Mahon; 7 Telecommunication Policy: What a Difference a Minister Can Make / Richard Schultz; 8 How Ottawa Doesn't Spend: The Rapid Appearance and Disappearance - and Possible Reappearance -of the Federal Social Economy Initiative / Edward T. Jackson; 9 Federal Higher Education Policies and the Vanishing Public University / Clara MorganAppendix A: Canadian Political Facts and Trends; Appendix B: Fiscal Facts and Trends; Contributors