Options for a New Canada / Ronald Watts, Douglas Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Douglas, Editor.

Watts, Ronald, Editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--Canada.

Federal government.

Canada--Constitutional law--Amendments.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Recognizing that Canada is facing a renewed and potentially disastrous constitutional impasse, the Business Council on National Issues has commissioned the papers in this book to provide a fresh analysis of our difficult constitutional problems.

Contents:

Cover; Foreword. Thomas P. d'Aquino; Introductory Statements. William W. Stinson, Guy Saint-Pierre; Acknowledgments; Notes about the Authors; I Introduction; 1. An Overview. Ronald L. Watts; II An Outline of the Options; 2. Canada's Constitutional Options: An Outline. Ronald L. Watts; III The Context; 3. The Context for Future Constitutional Options. Thomas J. Courchene and John N. McDougall; 4. Shared and Divergent Values. Charles Taylor; 5. Constitutional Change and the Three Equalities. Alan C. Cairns; IV Basic Options and Processes

6. Quebec Beyond the Federal Regime of 1867-1982: From Distinct Society to National Community. Guy Laforest7. Options for the Future of Canada: the Good, the Bad, and the Fantastic. Peter M. Leslie; 8. Towards a New Constitutional Process. Peter H. Russell; 9. Riding the Constitutional Rollercoaster: A Commentary. Patrick Monahan; 10. Alternative Methods for Aboriginal Participation in Processes of Constitutional Reform. David C. Hawkes and Bradford W. Morse; V Models for Future Structures; 11. European Integration: Are There Lessons for Canada?. Dan Soberman

12. Other Federal and Nonfederal Countries: Lessons for Canada. Alain-G. GagnonVI Areas of Adjustment; 13. Constitutional Design in a Federation: An Economist's Perspective. Robin Boadway; 14. Distribution of Functions and Jurisdiction: A Political Scientist's Analysis. J. Peter Meekison; 15. Equality or Asymmetry: Why Choose?. David Milne; 16. The Federative Superstructure. Ronald L. Watts; 17. Areas of Adjustment: A Lawyer's Perspective. Katherine Swinton

Notes:

"Published in association with Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University and the Business Council on National Issues, Ottawa."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-7446-0

OCLC:

1153532070