<p>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.</p>

Money, Politics, and Health Care: Reconstructing the Federal-Provincial Partnership (Institute for Research on Public Policy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Lazar, Harvey

St-Hilaire, France

Social Sciences

Institute of Intergovernmental Relations

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.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Institute for Research on Public Policy

Canada: The State of the Federation 1997: Non-Constitutional Renewal (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 37)

Canada: The State of the Federation 1997: Non-Constitutional Renewal (Volume 9)

Politics & Government

The 1997 volume in the Canada: The State of the Federation series explores the theme of non-constitutional change. Contributors assess the progress of federal and provincial governments in renewing the federation through means other than constitutional change.Keith Banting (Queen's) deals with the lessons learned from the decline of the post-World War II social union, John Richards (Simon Fraser) lays out three propositions for a successful social union, and Harvey Lazar (Queen's) documents and analyses recent changes in the federal strategy toward the social union. Robert Knox (former executive director of the Internal Trade Secretariat) reviews progress on implementation of the Internal Trade Agreement. Patrick Fafard (Queen's) and Audrey Doerr (former official at Indian and Northern Affairs) focus on federal-provincial relations pertaining to environmental and Aboriginal issues respectively. Rejean Pelletier (Laval) analyses whether the change from Parizeau to Bouchard has affected Quebec's positions on non-constitutional files, Roger Gibbins (Calgary) explains factors that helped the government of Alberta become so influential in the intergovernmental arena in recent years, and Sid Noel (Western) looks at Ontario's radical refashioning of its approach to intergovernmental relations. Rob Howse (Toronto) analyses how the non-constitutional focuses fit well with the need to blend a community of association (Canada) with the different communities of identity that exist within Canadian borders. Harvey Lazar, in an introductory essay, provides an overall report card on the renewal process.

Arguably, political changes in Canada have been greater in the 1990s than in any other decade since Confederation, but do these changes signify a shift in Canadian political culture? Can we even speak of a Canadian political culture? What are the consequences of these changes for the federation? Are Canadians more or less united? Are federal-provincial relations better or worse? What does the future hold? The authors attempt to answer these questions through analyses of the federal party system, politics in the provinces and regions, and political dynamics in a number of issue areas, including Aboriginal politics, the Charter, multiculturalism, the rural-urban cleavage, and social policy. Contributors include Gordon Gibson (Fraser Institute), Hugh Segal (Institute for Research on Public Policy), Samuel LaSelva (University of British Columbia), Jennifer Smith (Dalhousie University), Alain-G. Gagnon (McGill University), Nelson Wiseman (University of Toronto), and Ian Stewart (Acadia University).

Canada: The State of the Federation 2001: Canadian Political Culture(s) in Transition (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 73)

Telford, Hamish

Sociology

Global and regional integration present special challenges to federal political systems around the world. The division of powers inherent in federal political systems complicates the impact of external pressures on the nation-state and confuses the possible responses to these pressures. In The Implications of Global and Regional Integration for the Future of Federal Political Systems each chapter analyzes the respective federation may look under a variety of future international scenarios. The broad conclusion of the study is that the specific impact of regional and global integration on each federation depends on the situational context and institutional structure of the federation. The study also concludes that global and regional integration has more impact on federal processes than institutional change. This reflects the fact that actors within institutions can respond to external pressures without necessarily reforming the institutions. The case studies consequently provide important lessons for students of comparative politics. The study makes clear that "globalization" is a multifaceted phenomenon, and it illustrates the wide range of institutional variations among federations. Policy makers in federal political systems will also appreciate the varied lessons to be learned from the differential impact of global and regional integration on federations around the world. The contributors to this volume are amongst the leading scholars of federalism in their respective countries. Contributors include Harvey Lazar, Hamish Telford, Richard Simeon (University of Toronto), John Kincaid (Lafayette College), Brian Galligan (University of Melbourne), Rudolf Hrbek (University of Tübingen), Liesbet Hooghe (University of North Carolina), Jürg Steiner (University of Bern and University of North Carolina), Nico Steytler (University of the Western Cape), and M. P. Singh (University of Delhi).

The Impact of Global and Regional Integration on Federal Systems (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 81)

The Impact of Global and Regional Integration on Federal Systems (Volume 81) (Queen’s Policy Studies Series)

Beginning with an examination of the role of traditional institutions such as Parliament, Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and political parties, Canada: State of the Federation 2002 affirms the long-held belief that these bodies do not provide effective forums for interregional bargaining, creating a void that has been filled at least in part by executive federalism. Contributors conclude that the performance of traditional institutions, taken as a whole, has deteriorated over the last several decades, placing more pressure on the processes of executive federalism.

Canada: The State of the Federation 2002: Reconsidering the Institutions of Canadian Federalism (Volume 13)

Meekison, J Peter

<p>Beginning with an examination of the role of traditional institutions such as Parliament, Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and political parties, Canada: State of the Federation 2002 affirms the long-held belief that these bodies do not provide effective forums for interregional bargaining, creating a void that has been filled at least in part by executive federalism. Contributors conclude that the performance of traditional institutions, taken as a whole, has deteriorated over the last several decades, placing more pressure on the processes of executive federalism.</p>

Following the 2004 federal general election, Canadians had a freshly elected Prime Minister and also a large number of relatively newly elected provincial governments and Premiers. They have influenced the dynamics of the federation.

Canadian Fiscal Arrangements: What Works, What Might Work Better (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 102)

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Money, Politics, and Health Care: Reconstructing the Federal-Provincial Partnership (Institute for Research on Public Policy)

Money, Politics, and Health Care: Reconstructing the Federal-Provincial Partnership (Institute for Research on Public Policy)

Canada: The State of the Federation 1997: Non-Constitutional Renewal (Volume 9)

Canada: The State of the Federation 1997: Non-Constitutional Renewal (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 37)

Canada: The State of the Federation 2001: Canadian Political Culture(s) in Transition (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 73)

The Impact of Global and Regional Integration on Federal Systems (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 81)

The Impact of Global and Regional Integration on Federal Systems (Volume 81) (Queen’s Policy Studies Series)

Canada: The State of the Federation 2002: Reconsidering the Institutions of Canadian Federalism (Volume 13)

Canada: The State of the Federation 2002: Reconsidering the Institutions of Canadian Federalism (Volume 13)

Canadian Fiscal Arrangements: What Works, What Might Work Better (Queen's Policy Studies Series) (Volume 102)