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How Ottawa spends 1997-98 : seeing red : a liberal report card / editor, Gene Swimmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swimmer, Gene, Author.
- Series:
- Carleton public policy series ; 20.
- Carleton public policy series ; #20
- How Ottawa spends, 0822-6482
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government spending policy--Canada.
- Government spending policy.
- Canada--Appropriations and expenditures.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Ottawa, Ont.] : Carleton University Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this volume eleven areas of government policy are analyzed, including economic management (deficit control, trade promotion and employment), national unity social policies (child care, elderly benefits and housing) and ethics. Overall, Liberal policies bear a much stronger resemblance to Tory Blue philosophy than their own Red Book.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Seeing Red: A Liberal Report Card
- From Red Books to Blue Books: Repairing Ottawa’s Fiscal House
- Cruising at 30,000 Feet with a Missing Engine: The Chrétien Government in the Aftermath of the Quebec Referendum
- Creating Opportunity or Creative Opportunism?: Liberal Labour Market Policy
- International Trade as Foreign Policy: “Anything for a Buck”
- The Liberals’ Internal Trade Agreement: The Beginning of a New Federal Assertiveness?
- Marketable Commodity or Public Good: The Conflict Between Domestic and Foreign Communications Policy
- From Great Leaps to Baby Steps: Environment and Sustainable Development Policy Under the Liberals
- Lowering the Boom on the Boomers: Replacing Old Age Security with the New Seniors Benefit and Reforming the Canada Pension Plan
- Constructing a New Social Union: Child Care Beyond Infancy?
- Renovation or Abandonment?: Canadian Social Housing at a Crossroads
- Principle Versus Partisanship: The Chrétien Government’s Record on Integrity Issues
- Fiscal Facts and Trends
- Abstracts/Résumés
- Contributors
- Notes:
- Prepared at the School of Public Administration, Carleton University.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-53151-8
- 9786613843968
- 0-7735-8492-7
- OCLC:
- 770689881
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