Mr Smith Goes To Ottawa

Author : David C. Docherty
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774841856

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Mr. Smith Goes to Ottawa by David C. Docherty Pdf

In Mr Smith Goes to Ottawa, the author compares the 34th (1988-93) and the 35th (1993-97) Parliaments. The former, the second consecutive Conservative-led majority government, could not appear more different from the Liberal one which followed. Over two-thirds of its members were rookies. More significantly, over one-third represented two new political parties - the Bloc Quebecois and the Reform party. Yet, for all this change, Docherty shows that the new agendas of the 35th Parliament have not translated into changes in the legislative behaviour or socialization of new members. Unlike Jimmy Stewart in Washington, the majority of the men and women who go to Ottawa end up accepting a limited policy role.

Author : Donald J. Savoie
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802085911

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Breaking the Bargain by Donald J. Savoie Pdf

In Breaking the Bargain, Donald J. Savoie reveals how the traditional deal struck between politicians and career officials that underpins the workings of our national political and administrative process is today being challenged.

Author : Neil Nevitte,Professor in the Department of Political Science Neil Nevitte
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802084052

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Value Change and Governance in Canada by Neil Nevitte,Professor in the Department of Political Science Neil Nevitte Pdf

Consequently, they argue, the institutions of democratic governance now operate in a profoundly different environment than that in which they were founded.".

Author : Donald J. Savoie
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773588035

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Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? by Donald J. Savoie Pdf

Thirty years ago, Anglo-American politicians set out to make the public sector look like the private sector. These reforms continue today, ultimately seeking to empower elected officials to shape policies and pushing public servants to manage operations in the same manner as their private-sector counterparts. In Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?, Donald Savoie provides a nuanced account of how the Canadian federal government makes decisions. Savoie argues that the traditional role of public servants advising governments on policy has been turned on its head, and that evidence-based policy making is no longer valued as it once was. Policy making has become a matter of opinion, Google searches, focus groups, and public opinion surveys, where a well-connected lobbyist can provide any answers politicians wish to hear. As a result, public servants have lost their way and are uncertain about how they should assess management performance, how they should generate policy advice, how they should work with their political leaders, and how they should speak truth to political power - even within their own departments. Savoie demonstrates how recent management reforms in government have caused a steep rise in the overhead cost of government, as well as how the notion that public administration could be made to operate like the private sector has been misguided and costly to taxpayers. Abandoning "textbook" discussions of government and public service, Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? Is a realistic portrayal of how policy decisions are made and how actors and institutions interact with one another and exposes the complexities, contradictions present in Canadian politics and governance.

Author : Donald J. Savoie
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802082521

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Governing from the Centre by Donald J. Savoie Pdf

Agencies and policies instituted to streamline Ottawa's planning process instead concentrate power in the hands of the Prime Minister, more powerful in Canadian politics than the U.S. President in America. Riveting, startling, and indispensable reading.

Author : Lois Harder,Steve Patten
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773578340

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The Chrétien Legacy by Lois Harder,Steve Patten Pdf

The legacy of Jean Chrétien, Canadian prime minister from 1993-2003, is difficult to assess in the context of the sponsorship scandal and the subsequent cloud of uncertainty surrounding the Liberal Party's electoral prospects. The contributors to this volume use their considerable experience and expertise as policy observers and critical thinkers to provide provocative essays that analyse Chrétien's government and provide insights into Canadian politics and public policy.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LOC:00186238941

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Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Department of State. Hearings Before the Subcommittee by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D03496227Z

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Department of State Appropriation Bill for 1933 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1330 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015049900486

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1722 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045110561

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Department of State Appropriation Bill for 1933, Hearing . . . 72d Congress, 1st Session by United States. Congress. House Appropriations Pdf

Author : Emmett Macfarlane,Janet Hiebert,Anna Drake
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487558178

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Legislating under the Charter by Emmett Macfarlane,Janet Hiebert,Anna Drake Pdf

Legislating under the Charter explores how governments and Parliament justify limitations on rights when advancing laws that raise rights concerns or when responding to judicial decisions under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Through an analysis of legislation concerning criminal justice policy, the approval of new safe consumption sites, sex work, and medical assistance in dying, the book provides a detailed analysis of the extent and nature of parliamentary deliberation about rights, the extent to which government initiatives are properly scrutinized, and the broader institutional relationships under the Charter. The authors draw from a host of qualitative data, including research interviews and examination of judicial decisions, various bills under study, Hansard debates from the floor of the House of Commons, committee and Senate scrutiny of legislation, bureaucratic advice and Charter statements by the department of justice, and news media coverage. The book offers a set of concrete reform proposals to improve the transparency and accountability of executive and bureaucratic vetting processes, and to strengthen the role of Parliament in upholding constitutional values and holding the government to account. In doing so, Legislating under the Charter contributes to the broader comparative scholarship on models of judicial review, morality policy, policy change, and constitutionalism.

Author : Canada. Royal Commission to Inquire into Matters Connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Canadian Pacific Railway
ISBN : HARVARD:HB2LHD

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Report of the Canadian Pacific Railway Royal Commission by Canada. Royal Commission to Inquire into Matters Connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway Pdf

Author : Ian Brodie
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773553781

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At the Centre of Government by Ian Brodie Pdf

"Canada's prime minister is a dictator." "The Sun King of Canadian government." "More powerful than any other chief executive of any other democratic country." These kinds of claims are frequently made about Canada's leader – especially when the prime minister's party holds a majority government in Parliament. But is there any truth to these arguments? At the Centre of Government not only presents a comprehensively researched work on the structure of political power in Canada but also offers a first-hand view of the inner workings of the Canadian federal government. Ian Brodie – former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada – argues that the various workings of the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office, the cabinet, parliamentary committees, and the role of backbench members of Parliament undermine propositions that the prime minister has evolved into the role of an autocrat, with unchecked control over the levers of political power. He corrects the dominant thinking that Canadian prime ministers hold power without limits over their party, caucus, cabinet, Parliament, the public service, and the policy agenda. Citing examples from his time in government and from Canadian political history he argues that in Canada's evolving political system, with its roots in the pre-Confederation era, there are effective checks on executive power, and that the golden age of Parliament and the backbencher is likely now. Drawing on a vast body of work on governance and the role of the executive branch of government, At the Centre of Government is a fact-based primer on the workings of Canadian government and sobering second thoughts about many proposals for reform.

Author : Donald J. Savoie
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773546219

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What is Government Good At? by Donald J. Savoie Pdf

A thorough examination of where government succeeds and where it fails.

Author : Vaughan Lyon
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781462037636

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Power Shift by Vaughan Lyon Pdf

The Message of POWER SHIFT: Fed up with politics-as-usual? Most Canadians are. They (83%) want their MP to represent them and not a party in the House of Commons. Political parties, however, do not consider reforms that would shift significant power from them to citizens. Professor Lyon, breaking the party silence, speaks strongly in support of the interests of his fellow citizens. Drawing on years of experience as a political activist and political scientist, he shows both why and how the desire of Canadians for this new form of representation should be acted on, now. He does this by presenting readers with a detailed model of the new politics. He argues that adopting the model would establish the close collaborative relationship of citizens, their MPs, cabinet and civil servants needed to strengthen the performance of government. Professor Lyon urges politicians to respect the desire of citizens for fundamental change. Party politics is, he states, l9th century politics, and fails to meet the needs of today. Citizen politics for the 21st century is what he proposes and, he argues, Canada stands on the cusp of making the change to them.