How Ottawa Spends, 2007-2008: The Harper Conservatives - Climate of Change

In the twenty-eighth edition ofHow Ottawa Spendsleading Canadian scholars examine the Harper government agenda in the context of Stéphane Dion's election as Liberal opposition leader and the emergence of climate change as a dominant political and policy issue. This volume focuses on Quebec-Canada relations and federal-provincial fiscal imbalance. Contributors explore several key policy and expenditure issues, including Canada-U.S. relations, the Federal Accountability Act, energy policy, health care, child care, crime and punishment, consumer policy, and public service labour relations. They also offer a critical analysis of the challenges to overall governance, including ministerial responsibility, public-private partnerships, and the handling of long-term spending commitments inherited by succeeding governments.Doern, G. Bruce is the author of 'How Ottawa Spends, 2007-2008: The Harper Conservatives - Climate of Change', published 2007 under ISBN 9780773532830 and ISBN 0773532838.