Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction
5. The Study of Political Corruption 1
6. Historic Cases
7. The Pacific Railway Scandal 15
8. The Distribution of Railway Subsidies 19
9. Early Corruption in Newfoundland 33
10. The Saskatchewan Liberal Machine Before 1929 42
11. The Beauharnois Power Scandal 57
12. More Recent Examples
13. Quebec: Corruption Under Duplessis 66
14. Election Day in New Brunswick 81
15. Graft in Civic Office 85
16. The Munsinger Affair 104
17. The Churchill Forest Industries Scandal 107
18. The Hydrogate Affair 117
19. A Criticism of the Hydrogate Report 140
20. Nature, Causes and Effects
21. Patronage and the Press 144
22. The Ethical Conduct of Public Servants 159
23. Members of Parliament and Conflict of Interest 171
24. Federalism and Party Finance 193
25. Money and Politics^* 204
26. Politics and Corruption in Quebec 217
27. Graft Never Hurt a Politician at the Polls 225
28. The Political Culture of Corruption in Canada 231
29. Proposed Cures
30. Municipal Conflict of Interest: The New Ontario Law 251
31. Guidelines for Ontario’s Ministers 261
32. Debate on Guidelines for Federal Ministers 264
33. Proposals for Public Servants 274
34. Proposals for Members of Parliament 277
35. Improving Laws on Financing Elections 295
36. Conclusion: Future Studies 300
37. Selected Bibliography 304