Gomery's blinders and Canadian federalism / Ruth Hubbard and Gilles Paquet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hubbard, Ruth, 1942-

Contributor:

Paquet, Gilles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--Canada.

Federal government.

Canada. Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2004, Paul Martin asked Justice John Gomery to lead a public inquiry into potential misspending in the federal Sponsorship Program, a relatively small investment of taxpayers' money to try to convince Quebeckers of the benefits of Canadian federalism in the aftermath of the 1995 referendum on Quebec separation. The Gomery inquiry chose to focus exclusively on the sordid details of the money laundering and paid no attention to the deeper causes and sources of the problem: the dysfunctions of an existing centralized governing apparatus that is tearing the fabric of the country a

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; The 100 Million Mirage; The Fabric of Society; The Quail Enigma; Gomery I: Flawed from the Beginning; Gomery II: Fear of Blurring and Lack of Temperantia; What Justice Gomery Failed to See; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-120) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69051-8

9786613667458

0-7766-1604-8

OCLC:

742332942