November 1, 2004
The real democratic deficit: our parliamentary system
Until recently in Canada, for someone to launch into a dis- cussion at a social function about proportional representation (PR) was the quickest way of getting the eyes of...
November 1, 2004
The tenets and constituency roots of Liberalism – overhauling the Red Machine
A few days after winning back a Liberal majority in the 1974 election, Pierre Trudeau invited his national cam- paign committee and media advisers to dinner at 24 Sussex...
November 1, 2004
The new federalism
The current evolution in Canadian federalism is pro- found, unstoppable, and a joy to behold. The net result will be a heightened respect for the concepts of subsidiarity and diversity....
November 1, 2004
Pan-Canadian provincialism – the new federalism and the old Constitution
In the wake of the historic September 2004 health care agreement, concerns have arisen that the asymmetric treatment of Quebec will become the template for future federal-provincial deals and...
November 1, 2004
Paul Martin’s sugar-daddy federalism, donating to a favoured cause – health care
September’s First Ministers Meeting on health care ””the third within four years ”” was less different than billed. The effective negotiation was again out of pub- lic view, the...
November 1, 2004
Fédéralisme au Québec, unitarisme dans le ROC?
Je lé€ve mon chapeau au remarquable travail accompli par MM. Charest et Pelletier lors de la dernié€re conférence des premiers ministres sur la santé. Mais apré€s toutes les déclarations...
November 1, 2004
Urban asymmetry: the new reality in intergovernmental relations
There has of late been much discussion of a ”œnew urban agenda” supposedly being developed by the federal government. Much of the discussion surmis- es that new federal initiatives...
November 1, 2004
Federalism in the Information Age: from the division of powers to citizen-centred government
”œIt’s the information, stupid!” ”” a friend Although the language of exclusive jurisdictional cat- egories continues to dominate the political dis- course around federalism, it is being enriched and...
November 1, 2004
Déblocages?
Il n’y a pas eu d’entente sur la santé le 15 septembre 2004. On ne parle mé‚me pas d’une entente-cadre, de nature administrative, comme celle de 1999 sur l’union...
November 1, 2004
Improving education in Canada requires an adult-education strategy
Canada’s educational performance by international standards is quite good. Our 15-year-olds performed very well in the international PISA 2000 assessment of reading, maths and science (www.pisa.gc.ca), and Canadian students...
November 1, 2004
The case for adult education as a public investment
Society today is characterized by an economic order in which knowledge, rather than natural resources or capital, is the key to economic development. In this context, governments are strongly...
November 1, 2004
Fonte des glaces arctiques dans le passage du Nord-Ouest : quel avenir pour la souveraineté canadienne?
La problématique des changements climatiques suscite des débats de plus en plus soutenus au sein des opinions publiques, mais aussi au sein des ca- binets gouvernementaux. AÌ€ mesure que...
November 1, 2004
Reflections on an Iraqi sojourn: Alice through the looking glass?
When the United States led its coalition into Iraq last year, they entered a world with new rules and different ways of seeing things. Now they find themselves having...
November 1, 2004
Watertight federalism seals both ways
I keep changing my mind about whether the recent federal- provincial deal on health care and its ”œasymmetrical” annex for Quebec is a good thing or bad. On the...