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This volume provides a multidisciplinary examination of fiscal federalism in Canada and points to ways in which it can be improved.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Fiscal Federalism under the Microscope
André Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne
2. The Struggle for Equity That Saved the Federation
Mary Janigan
3. Fiscal Federalism and the Federal Spending Power: A Legal and Constitutional Analysis
Peter Oliver
4. The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Canada’s Fiscal Arrangements after COVID-19
Trevor Tombe
5. The Canada Health Transfer: Past, Present, and Future
Robin Boadway
6. Ceremonial Fiscal Federalism: Social Assistance and the Canada Social Transfer
Michael J. Prince
7. Living on Equalization Payments: How Hard Is It for Receiving Provinces to Anticipate Future Equalization Revenues?
Marcelin Joanis
8. Canadian Fiscal Federalism and the Provinces’ Natural Resource Revenues
James Feehan
9. Fiscal Federalism, Governance, and Provincial Debt
Kyle Hanniman
10. Fiscal Federalism in Canada’s North: Understanding Territorial Formula Financing
Christopher Yurris, Daniel Béland, and Trevor Tombe
11. Leading the Way: First Nations in Canadian Fiscal Federalism
Donn. L. Feir and David Scoones
12. Long-Term Care Reform in Canada in the Wake of COVID-19: The Poverty of the National Standards Solution
Anthony Breton and Patrik Marier
13. Cities in Canadian Fiscal Federalism: The Forgotten Partner
Enid Slack
14. Coming Full Circle: Federalism and Responsibility for Housing
Steve Pomeroy
15. Public Infrastructure Financing and Multilevel Governance in Canada
Eric Champagne and Aracelly Denise Granja
16. Financing Education in Canada
Jennifer Wallner
17. Child-Care in a Decentralized Federation: Who Pays?
Jennifer Robson
18. Diversity in Adversity: Fiscal Federalism, the Four Atlantic Provinces, and Canada’s Great Demographic Imbalance
Richard Saillant
19. Quebec’s Fiscal Federalism Trilemma
Alain Noël
20. Fiscal Fortunes: An Ontario Perspective on Federal-Provincial Transfers
Tracy Snoddon
21. Canadian Fiscal Federalism and Alberta’s Latest Attempt to Get a Fair(er) Deal
Ken Boessenkool
22. Canadian Fiscal Federalism in Comparative Perspective
Alan Fenna
23. Conclusion
André Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne
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Edited by André Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne
