Minding the Public Purse : The Fiscal Crisis, Political Trade-Offs, and Canada's Future
Janice MacKinnon
MacKinnon, Canada's first female finance minister, provides keen observations on how personalities and shared regional perspectives cut across party affiliations in the evolution of federal-provincial deliberations on managing the debt crisis. Although initially opposed to the radical cuts and downloading unilaterally imposed by the federal minister of Finance in his 1995 budget, she now argues that they were essential and analyses how they have irrevocably transformed the Canadian federation. MacKinnon provides a timely analysis of the implications of the fiscal crisis for the future of medicare and Canada's other social programs and shows why politicians must involve the Canadian public in an open and frank debate about the challenges and choices facing the nation.
年:
2003
出版:
1
出版社:
McGill-Queen's University Press
语言:
english
页:
336
ISBN 10:
0773571124
ISBN 13:
9780773571129
文件:
PDF, 4.71 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2003