This collection of essays analyses key issues in federal-provincial health care relations, particularly the fiscal component. The authors look at why there is a role for the federal government in health care and consider the critical issues in recent intergovernmental political battles over this role. The issues of whether the vertical federal-provincial fiscal imbalance is myth or reality, how much the federal government does and should contribute financially to provincial health care programs, and methods for settling disputes, such as those over user fees, are discussed. The authors also provide concrete proposals for reconstructing the federal-provincial partnership.

Money, Politics, and Health Care: Reconstructing the Federal-Provincial Partnership (Institute for Research on Public Policy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Lazar, Harvey

St-Hilaire, France

Social Sciences

Institute of Intergovernmental Relations

The everyday reality for policy makers is that governments have limited means at their disposal - whether in revenue, manpower, or political capital - and must therefore choose carefully which policies to pursue. A Canadian Priorities Agenda brings together some of the best policy minds in the country to examine these choices. The forty-five individuals who played a role in the CPA process include agenda-setters who helped identify the eight broad policy challenges at issue, analysts who submitted their policy recommendations, critics who provided their assessment of the policies proposed, and judges whose task it was to review the evidence and arguments presented and assemble a policy package from the proposals on offer. Each of the individuals involved has contemplated, analyzed, and debated Canadian policy for many years. Most have experience either in government or in advising government at the highest levels. A Canadian Priorities Agenda departs from the standard "silo" approach to public policy research and deliberation used in most recent contributions to Canadian economic and social policy analysis, making this path-breaking volume an invaluable resource for all engaged in improving public policy. Contributors include Wendy Dobson (Toronto), Alain Dubuc (La Presse), Jean-Yves Duclos (Laval), Robert Evans (British Columbia), David Foot (Toronto), Michael Hart (Carleton ), John Helliwell (British Columbia), Clyde Hertzman (British Columbia), Mark Jaccard (Simon Fraser), Richard Lipsey (Simon Fraser), Steve Morgan (British Columbia), Nancy Olewiler (Simon Fraser ), W. Craig Riddell (British Columbia), Nic Rivers (Simon Fraser), Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards), Carolyn Tuohy (Toronto), and William Watson (McGill).

A Canadian Priorities Agenda: Policy Choices to Improve Economic and Social Well-Being (The Art of the State Series) (Volume 5)

Business & Money

Ragan, Christopher

Leonard, Jeremy

Economics

McGill-Queen's University Press

This collection of essays analyses key issues in federal-provincial health care relations, particularly the fiscal component. The authors look at why there is a role for the federal government in health care and consider the critical issues in recent intergovernmental political battles over this role. The issues of whether the vertical federal-provincial fiscal imbalance is myth or reality, how much the federal government does and should contribute financially to provincial health care programs, and methods for settling disputes, such as those over user fees, are discussed. The authors also provide concrete proposals for reconstructing the federal-provincial partnership.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Institute for Research on Public Policy

Rising income inequality has been at the forefront of public debate in Canada in recent years, yet there is still much to learn about the economic forces driving the distribution of earnings and income in this country and how they might evolve in the future. With research showing that the tax-and-transfer system is losing the ability to counteract income disparity, the need for policy-makers to understand the factors at play is all the more urgent. Income Inequality provides a comprehensive review of Canadian inequality trends, including changing earnings and income dynamics among the middle class and top earners, wage and job polarization across provinces, and persistent poverty among vulnerable groups. The Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), in collaboration with the Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (CLSRN), presents new evidence by some of the country?s leading experts on the impact of skills and education, unionization and labour relations laws, as well as the complex interplay of redistributive policies and politics over time. Amid growing anxieties about the economic prospects of the middle class, Income Inequality will serve to inform the public discourse on inequality, an issue that ultimately concerns all Canadians.

Income Inequality: The Canadian Story (The Art of the State Series) (Volume 5)

RIDDELL, W. Craig

Green, David A.

Basic Income and a Just Society: Policy Choices for Canada's Social Safety Net

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