Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada
Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada

Author: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Institute of Intergovernmental Relations

Publisher: IIGR, Queen's University

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0889118493

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In Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada the authors provide comprehensive assessments of the current state of governance within the areas of income support for the unemployed, active labour market measures, and youth policy. The analysis focuses on how the current state of governance reflects a combined commitment to specific social policy goals, principles of federalism, and democratic oversight of the policy making process.;This volume sheds new light on the complex nature of the intergovernmental regimes governing labour market policy. It makes recommendations concerning how different governance structures might better serve both Canadians and the federation.

Money, Politics and Health Care
Money, Politics and Health Care

Author: Institute for Research on Public Policy

Publisher: IRPP

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780886452001

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Current tensions in intergovernmental fiscal arrangements are thus important impediment to improving the health care system. At the same time, the failure of provinces to correct health care problems acts a serious irritant in intergovernmental relations, creating a vicious cycle where deficiencies in intergovernmental fiscal relations make health care reform difficult while failures to effect health care reform increase conflict between the provinces and the federal government. This collection of essays analyses key issues in federal-provincial health care relations, particularly the fiscal component. The authors look at why there is a role for the federal government in health care and consider the critical issues in recent intergovernmental political battles over this role. The issues of whether the vertical federal-provincial fiscal imbalance is myth or reality, how much the federal government does and should contribute financially to provincial health care programs, and methods for settling disputes, such as those over user fees, are discussed. The authors also provide concrete proposals for reconstructing the federal-provincial partnership. Contributors include Keith Banting (Queen's University), Robin Boadway (Queen's University), David Cameron (University of Toronto), Harvey Lazar, Jennifer McCrea-Logie, France St-Hilaire, and Jean-François Tremblay.

Training the Excluded for Work
Training the Excluded for Work

Author: Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780774810074

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In recent years job training programs have suffered severe funding cuts and the focus of training programs has shifted to meet the directives of funders rather than the needs of the community. How do these changes to job training affect disadvantaged workers and the unemployed? In an insightful and comprehensive discussion of job education in Canada, Cohen and her contributors pool findings from a five-year collaborative study of training programs. Good training programs, they argue, are essential in providing people who are chronically disadvantaged in the workplace with tools to acquire more secure, better-paying jobs. In the ongoing shift toward a neo-liberal economic model, government policies have engendered a growing reliance on private and market-based training schemes. These new training policies have undermined equity. In an attempt to redress social inequities in the workplace, the authors examine various kinds of training programs and recommend specific policy initiatives to improve access to these programs. This book will be of interest to policymakers, academics, and students interested in policy, work, equity, gender and education.

OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 1998
OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 1998

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 1998-12-18

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9264151311

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This 1998 edition of OECD's periodic survey of Canada's economy examines recent economic developmens, policies and prospects. It also includes a special feature on the labour market in a knowledge-based economy.