Governance Series

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Revolution or Renaissance

In Revolution or Renaissance, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world – economics and culture – to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. He argues that the ...

Deep Cultural Diversity

Political commentator and public policy analyst Gilles Paquet examines the benefits and drawbacks of Canada's multiculturalism policy. He rejects the current policy which perpetuates difference and articulates ...

The Way Ahead

Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. To maintain the nation's high quality of life, prosperity ...

Managing Diversity

Australia, Canada, and Ireland are all engaged in questions of multiculturalism and in the politics of recognition and reconciliation, the opportunities and pressures of geographic regionalism, shifts ...

Business and Government in Canada

Boundaries between business and government are increasingly fluid and often transcended. Yet it remains important to acknowledge and make appropriate use of the fundamental differences between these sectors. ...

Borderlands

Border security has been high on public-policy agendas in Europe and North America since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City and on the headquarters of the American ...

Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalism

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 ...

E-Government in Canada

The rapid expansion of the Internet has fueled the emergence of electronic government at all levels in Canada.
E-government's first decade featured online service underpinned by a technically secure ...

Reengineering the State

Despite the Liberal Government's claims that its re-engineering initiative is a managerial matter with the aim of improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of the public administration in Quebec, ...

Taking It to the Hill

The standing committees of the House of Commons and Senate make it possible for practically any person or group to access the policy-making process and become a lobbyist.
This handy and complete guide ...