Contemporary Canadian Federalism
Author: Alain-G. Gagnon
Publisher:
Published: 2009-06-06
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe papers in this collection offer reflections on Canadian federalism by leading Québécois scholars.
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Canadian Federalism and Quebec Sovereignty
Author: Christopher Edward Taucar
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2004-09
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780820462424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this comprehensive book on Canadian federalism, the author thoroughly examines the Quebec sovereignty issue in order to determine whether or not reasonable and substantial grounds exist justifying Quebec sovereignty in the context of contemporary Canada. As a result, this book examines the successive layers that constitute Canadian federalism to unravel its nature, essence and the successes of its functioning, or the lack thereof, particularly with respect to Quebec. Ultimately, no matter how the federation is portrayed, if it has worked and continues to work well to achieve the most basic needs and interests of Quebecers, there leaves little if anything in support of secession. The fundamental success of the Canadian federation is the all-important lesson of this book.
Canadian Federalism and Its Future
Author: Alain-G. Gagnon
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2020-09-23
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0228002516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe time is ripe to revisit Canada's past and redress its historical wrongs. Yet in our urgency to imagine roads to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, it is important to keep in sight the many other forms of diversity that Canadian federalism has historically been designed to accommodate or could also reflect more effectively. Canadian Federalism and Its Future brings together international experts to assess four fundamental institutions: bicameralism, the judiciary as arbiter of the federal deal, the electoral system and party politics, and intergovernmental relations. The contributors use comparative and critical lenses to appraise the repercussions of these four dimensions of Canadian federalism on key actors, including member states, constitutive units, internal nations, Indigenous peoples, and linguistic minorities. Pursuing the work of The Constitutions That Shaped Us (2015) and The Quebec Conference of 1864 (2018), this third volume is a testimony to Canada's successes and failures in constitutional design. Reflecting on the cultural pluralism inherent in this country, Canadian Federalism and Its Future offers thought-provoking lessons for a world in search of concrete institutional solutions, within and beyond the traditional nation-state.
Contemporary Canadian Federalism
Author: Alain-G. Gagnon
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2009-06-06
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 1442692529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in French in 2006, Le fédéralisme canadien contemporain was immediately recognised as the most comprehensive collection of reflections on Canadian federalism by leading Québécois scholars. This remarkable translation of a range of Québécois voices makes their insightful and underrepresented perspectives available to English-language audiences. Offering alternative views of the Canadian federal model's realities by covering its foundations, traditions, and institutions, Contemporary Canadian Federalism considers the ways in which federalism relates to issues such as regionalism, multiculturalism, rights and freedoms, financial distribution, and public policy. Filled with stimulating work that bridges the gap between distinctive traditions in English- and French-Canadian scholarship on federalism, this important volume is required reading for understanding provincial-federal relations and Canadian governance.
Federalism in Canada
Author: Thomas O. Hueglin
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1442636475
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Federalism in Canada tells the turbulent story of shared sovereignty and divided governance from Confederation to the present time. It does so with three main objectives in mind. The first objective is to convince readers that federalism is the primary animating force in Canadian politics, and that it is therefore worth engaging with its complex nature and dynamic. The second objective is to bring into closer focus the contested concepts about the meaning and operation of federalism that all along have been at the root of the divide between English Canada and Quebec in particular. The third objective is to give recognition to the trajectory of Canada's Indigenous peoples in the context of Canadian federalism, from years of abusive neglect to belated efforts of inclusion. The book focuses on the constitution with its ambiguous allocation of divided powers, the pivotal role of the courts in balancing these powers, and the political leaders whose interactions oscillate between intergovernmental conflict and cooperation. This focus on executive leadership and judicial supervision is framed by considerations of Canada's regionalized political economy and cultural diversity, giving students an interesting and nuanced view of federalism in Canada."--
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
Author: Robert Wardhaugh
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2021-07-01
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 0774865040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism investigates the groundbreaking inquiry launched to reconstruct Canada’s federal system. In 1937, the Canadian confederation was broken. As the Depression ground on, provinces faced increasing obligations but limited funds, while the dominion had fewer responsibilities but lucrative revenue sources. The commission’s report proposed a bold new form of federalism based on the national collection and unconditional transfers of major tax revenues to the provinces. While the proposal was not immediately adopted, this incisive study demonstrates that the commission’s innovative findings went on to shape policy and thinking about federalism for decades.
New Trends in Canadian Federalism
Author: François Rocher
Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781551114149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition offers a fresh and comprehensive exploration of the complexity of Canadian federal politics.
Canadian Federalism
Author: Herman Bakvis
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn up-to-date collection of papers on the current state of Canadian federalism, this book is organized around three themes: performance, effectiveness, and legitimacy. It is intended as the core text for courses on Canadian federalism and intergovernmental relations and also may be useful to those interested in public policy and public administration.
The Daily Plebiscite
Author: David R. Cameron
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2021-11-17
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1487524218
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Daily Plebiscite offers a multi-faceted analysis of Canada's national unity crisis from the perspective of someone who lived through it all.
Contemporary Quebec
Author: Michael D. Behiels
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2011-11-30
Total Pages: 809
ISBN-13: 0773538909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the last seventy years, Quebec has changed from a society dominated by the social edicts of the Catholic Church and the economic interests of anglophone business leaders to a more secular culture that frequently elects separatist political parties and has developed the most comprehensive welfare state in North America. In Contemporary Quebec, leading scholars raise provocative questions about the ways in which Quebec has been transformed since the Second World War and offer competing interpretations of the reasons for the province's quiet and radical revolutions.
