Canadian Fiscal Arrangements : What Works, What Might Work Better

by Lazar, Harvey

• ISBN13: 9781553390121
• ISBN10: 1553390121
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-18
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

The key issues in fiscal federalism will be debated once again when the federal government, the provinces, and the territories return to the negotiating table. Ottawa has appointed an expert panel on equalization and territorial formula financing and the provinces and territories have established an advisory panel on fiscal imbalance. Both will report in the first half of 2006, after which the negotiating pace will accelerate. In a timely collection, contributors from the government and academia tackle these fiscal policy issues from a broad spectrum of perspectives.

Table of Contents

Trust in intergovernmental fiscal relations	p. 3
Community, federalism and fiscal arrangements in Canada	p. 37
The vertical fiscal gap : conceptions and misconceptions	p. 51
The evolution of provincial responsiblity	p. 83
"A report that almost no one has discussed" : early responses to Quebec's commission on fiscal imbalance	p. 127
Fiscal balance in Canada	p. 153
The stabilization properties of Canada's equalization program	p. 175
Equalization and the provinces' natural resource revenues : partial equalization can work better	p. 185
Equalization in Canada : reform of the representative tax system or move to a macro approach? : reflections in consideration of recent developments	p. 209
Striving for fairness : first nations, current reforms and provincial interests	p. 227
Strengthening intergovernmental fiscal arrangements in Canada	p. 251
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