Overview
Featuring insights from some of the top specialists in the country, Fiscal Federalism in Canada unpacks numerous complexities of fiscal federalism in Canada. The book features key regional and provincial perspectives, while taking into account Indigenous realities, the three territories, and municipal affairs. The contributing authors go beyond the major federal transfers to examine the financing of education, cities, infrastructure, and housing. This volume shows that fiscal federalism is much more than simply an aggregate of individual programs and transfers. It highlights the role of actors other than the federal and provincial governments and recalls the importance of territoriality. The book pays close attention to the political dimension of fiscal federalism in Canada, which is at the heart of how the federation functions and is essential to its governance. Fiscal federalism is central to the funding of critical programs through intergovernmental transfers, but it is also the focus of political debates on territorial redistribution. In tackling essential questions, Fiscal Federalism in Canada contributes to the so-called second-generation fiscal federalism literature, taking stock of the critical sociological and political issues at its core.
Full Product Details
Author: André Lecours ,
Daniel Béland ,
Trevor Tombe ,
Eric Champagne
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.720kg
ISBN: 9781487551254
ISBN 10: 1487551258
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 19 December 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""Canadian federalism is complex and messy. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how important fiscal federalism is for solving major policy problems, like health care or long-term care. The editors have brought together an impressive array of authors from different disciplines who have intimate knowledge of how fiscal federalism works at the national, regional, and local levels. This book is for anyone who wants to understand the issues, tensions, and choices in fiscal federalism. Highly recommended."" - Haizhen Mou, Professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan ""This is a gem of a book on a topic that has preoccupied political decision-makers in Canada since the federation's birth in 1867. Beyond dealing with the big three transfers - equalization, the Canada Health Transfer, and the Canada Social Transfer - the authors searchingly address under-researched areas including federal transfers to First Nations, infrastructure spending, early learning and childcare, and municipalities. Both scholars and decision-makers will benefit immensely from this comprehensive book."" - Gregory P. Marchildon, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto ""This will stand as the landmark text in Canadian fiscal federalism, both for its comprehensive scope and for its interdisciplinary ambitions. And yet, it is lively! The contributors succeed in capturing the technical complexity of funding formulas without getting lost in them, because their gaze is always fixed on the wider policy and political choices and consequences."" - Peter Graefe, Associate Professor of Political Science, McMaster University"
""This will stand as the landmark text in Canadian fiscal federalism, both for its comprehensive scope and for its interdisciplinary ambitions. And yet, it is lively! The contributors succeed in capturing the technical complexity of funding formulas without getting lost in them, because their gaze is always fixed on the wider policy and political choices and consequences.""--Peter Graefe, Associate Professor of Political Science, McMaster University ""Canadian federalism is complex and messy. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how important fiscal federalism is for solving major policy problems, like health care or long-term care. The editors have brought together an impressive array of authors from different disciplines who have intimate knowledge of how fiscal federalism works at the national, regional, and local levels. This book is for anyone who wants to understand the issues, tensions, and choices in fiscal federalism. Highly recommended.""--Haizhen Mou, Professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan ""This is a gem of a book on a topic that has preoccupied political decision-makers in Canada since the federation's birth in 1867. Beyond dealing with the big three transfers - equalization, the Canada Health Transfer, and the Canada Social Transfer - the authors searchingly address under-researched areas including federal transfers to First Nations, infrastructure spending, early learning and childcare, and municipalities. Both scholars and decision-makers will benefit immensely from this comprehensive book.""--Gregory P. Marchildon, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Author Information
André Lecours is a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa. Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. Trevor Tombe is a professor of economics and a research fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. Eric Champagne is an associate professor of public administration at the School of Political Studies and the Director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa.
