Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Institutions
7. Unfinished Business: The Legacy of Stephen Harper's “Open Federalism” 7
8. Harper and the House of Commons: An Evidence-Based Assessment 27
9. Stephen Harper and the Federal Public Service: An Uneasy and Unresolved Relationship 44
10. Government News Management and Canadian Journalism 62
11. Permanent Marketing and the Conduct of Politics 80
12. The World
13. Rising Power: Stephen Harper's Makeover of Canadian International Policy and Its Institutions 97
14. The Strange Voyage: Stephen Harper on Defence 116
15. Money
16. Review of Economic Performance and Policy during the Harper Years 137
17. Canadian Trade and Investment Policy under the Harper Government 160
18. People
19. The Harper Influence on Immigration 179
20. Law and Order in the Harper Years 196
21. Stephen Harper and Indigenous Peoples 220
22. Commentaries
23. The Harper Government and Agriculture 235
24. Harper on Health Care: A Curious Mix of Continuity, Unilateralism and Opportunity Lost 245
25. Unsustainable Development: Energy and Environment in the Harper Decade 253
26. Conclusion 264
27. Contributor Biographical Notes 267
28. Notes 273