Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction 3
6. The Federal “Communities Agenda”: Metagovernance for Place-based Policy in Canada? 10
7. Reforming the Multilevel Governance of Emergencies: Municipalities and the Discursive Politics of Canada's Emergency Management Policy 39
8. Homelessness on the Federal Agenda: Progressive Architecture but No Solution in Sight 75
9. The Federal Gas Tax Cession: From Advocacy Efforts to Thirteen Signed Agreements 102
10. Institutional Arrangements and Planning Outcomes: Inter-agency Competition on the Toronto Waterfront 131
11. Tracking the Growth of the Federal Municipal Infrastructure Program under Different Political Regimes 164
12. Cities and Child Care Policy in Canada: More than a Puppet on (Intergovernmental) Strings? 193
13. Federal Policies on Immigrant Settlement 227
14. Federal Urban Aboriginal Policy: The Challenge of Viewing the Stars in the Urban Night Sky 250
15. Conclusion 270
16. Contributors 279
17. Index 281