Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: A More Orderly Federalism? 3
5. Vertical Imbalance in the Canadian Federation 15
6. International Capital and Domestic Politics: Balancing Political and Economic Management 33
7. Potential for a Regulatory Breakthrough? Regulatory Governance and Human Resource Initiatives 59
8. A Little Imagination Required: How Canada Funds Territorial and Northern Aboriginal Governments 82
9. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Child Care Policy From Martin To Harper 110
10. Telecommunications Policy: What a Difference a Minister Can Make 134
11. How Ottawa Doesn’t Spend: The Rapid Appearance and Disappearance – and Possible Reappearance – of the Federal Social Economy Initiative 163
12. Federal Higher Education Policies and the Vanishing Public University 179
13. Appendices
14. Canadian Political Facts and Trends 201
15. Fiscal Facts and Trends 211
16. Contributors 229