Download or read book Provincial Public Finance in Ontario written by David K. Foot and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1977-12-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed and informative study makes a timely contribution to a subject that has been the focus of much public discussion and debate in Ontario and elsewhere, namely the size and growth of the public sector. Working with the Public Accounts and other sources, Professor Foot offers both an historical account of, and an explanation for, the growth of provincial revenues and expenditures since the early 1950s. By concentrating on an analysis of the development of a single government over time, rather than adopting the traditional cross-section approach of analysing a number of junior-level governments. The study's conclusions are both informative and provocative. On the revenue side, a rate-base approach which separates discretionary from automatic changes in revenue determinants is shown to provide sufficient flexibility to accommodate the analysis and explanation of a wide range of specific revenues. On the expenditure side, the provincial government is found to adjust reasonably slowly to new levels of desired expenditures which appear to be determined primarily by demand variables. Of particular interest are findings which suggest that urbanization and elections have had little effect on expenditures and that available federal money has tended to be a substitute for provincial funds. In addition, the author notes that provincial expenditure patterns are consistent with either a revenue-led interpretation, where the recent availability of pension funds has stimulated expenditures, or a leading-sector interpretation, which implies a longer-run coordinated view of provincial public development. This study should stimulate a more informed discussion of the determinants and effects of provincial public finance in Ontario. It will appeal not only to those interested in the behaviour of junior-level governments but also to anyone interested in the size and growth of the public sector, in Ontario or elsewhere.
Download or read book The Borrowing Process written by Michael J. Piva and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Piva's book traces the history of Canadian public debt from before 1840 to Confederation, with particular focus on the Canadian government's policies and management in relation to that debt. This work is the first study of public finance that goes well beyond an analysis of Canadian public accounts. Piva presents a clear and thoughtful interpretation of facts and events that has some application even for modern-day deficit financing and GST.
Download or read book Canadian Public Finance written by J. C. Strick and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Public Finance in Canada written by Richard Miller Bird and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Optimal Fiscal Balance and Provincial local Finance written by Douglas Allen Lauriston Auld and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Guardian written by Institute of Public Administration of Canada and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finance departments have often been portrayed as guardians of the public purse. In The Guardian, a multidisciplinary group of contributors examines the Ministry of Finance of Ontario since the Second World War. During the last sixty years the Ministry was transformed from a relatively small 'Treasury' to a sophisticated policy machine. What started as a modest bookkeeping operation evolved into a key bureaucratic and policy agency as the government of Ontario assumed a leadership position in developing the province. These essays reveal Ontario's 'finance' as a dynamic policy issue shaped by the personalities of premiers and ministers, the energies of public servants at all levels, and a critical dialogue between political and administrative worlds. Drawing on different methodologies, this collection profiles a ministry as policy entrepreneur, spender, revenue generator, capacity builder, budget director, program manager, and intergovernmental agent. The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.'
Download or read book Public Finance in Canada written by Harvey S. Rosen and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The market-leading book takes its readers to the frontiers of current research,yet remains accessible to undergraduates.Although it draws upon the latest research, the book never loses sight of the reality it is supposed to describe, always drawing the links between economic analysis and current political issues.
Download or read book Economic and Fiscal Review written by Ontario. Ministry of Treasury and Economics and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Big Spenders written by Irene Ip and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to looking at Canada's public finances, most tend to focus on the federal government. Few recognize the repercussions of provincial fiscal policy on Canada's overall financial health. This document includes an overview of the provincial, local, and hospital (PLH) sector balance sheets, PLH expenditure, and financing PLH-sector expenditure. It also contains profiles of the provinces, and discusses the politics of deficits.
Download or read book A Study of Provincial Government Finance in Ontario from 1926 to 1960 written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ontario Alternative Budget Papers written by Ontario Federation of Labour and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: 1 Ontario's Diminished Fiscal Capacity 2 Options for Restoring Ontario's Fiscal Capacity 3 Ontario's Jobs Crisis and its Link to the Provincial Debt 4 Working Down our Debts 5 Education 6 Post-Secondary Education 7 Child Care 8 The Environment 9 Health Care 10 Social Policy 11 Housing 12 Local Government and Public Services in Ontario 13 Ontario 1997-98 Budget Highlights 14 The Alternative Federal Budget and its Implications for Ontario
Download or read book Federal Government Finance written by Statistics Canada. Federal Government Section and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Accounts of the Province of Ontario written by Ontario. Treasury Department and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates for 1907-1909 (Oct.), 1910/1911 (separately paged and with separate t.p.) issued with 1907-1908, 1909/1910.
Download or read book Financial Statistics of Provincial Government written by Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Consolidation of Public Finance Statistics Municipalities Provinces and the Government of Canada Actual written by Statistics Canada. Public Finance Division and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Public Sector in an Age of Austerity written by Bryan M. Evans and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Canada appeared to escape the austerity implemented elsewhere, but this was spin hiding the reality. A closer look reveals that the provinces – responsible for delivering essential public and social services such as education and healthcare – shouldered the burden. The Public Sector in an Age of Austerity examines public-sector austerity in the provinces and territories, specifically addressing how austerity was implemented, what forms austerity agendas took (from regressive taxes and new user fees to public-sector layoffs and privatization schemes), and what, if any, political responses resulted. Contributors focus on the period from 2007 to 2015, the global financial crisis and the period of fiscal consolidation that followed, while also providing a longer historical context – austerity is not a new phenomenon. A granular examination of each jurisdiction identifies how changing fiscal conditions have affected the delivery of public services and restructured public finances, highlighting the consequences such changes have had for public-sector workers and users of public services. The first book of its kind in Canada, The Public Sector in an Age of Austerity challenges conventional wisdom by showing that Canada did not escape post-crisis austerity, and that its recovery has been vastly overstated.
Download or read book Government Response to Financial Constraints written by Larry R. Jones and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1989-05-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Jones and McCaffery provide perspectives on Canadian government actions to manage financial contingency and restraint. Although the primary focus is on provincial government, attention is also paid to the actions of the federal government. The authors begin by presenting a theoretical framework through which government financial restraint management may be evaluated. In the following chapters, criteria derived from this framework are then applied to provincial government financial stress and restraint management actions. They examine the provincial economic base, revenue and expenditure trends, and financial condition. In particular, annual and cumulative budget deficits and debt loads are reviewed as indicators of the degree of financial stress faced by provincial governments. Actions taken by provinces to increase revenues and productivity, and to control expenditures, are reviewed from the early 1970s to 1987, with emphasis on the period 1983-1987. A comparison of financial stress management in the Province of Ontario and the State of California is also presented, and this comparative approach is continued in a chapter on Canadian federal government financial stress management. Finally, Canadian federal efforts to institute budget control under the Policy and Expenditure Management system are compared to budget control approaches utilized by the U.S. federal government. This unique study will improve our understanding of how the Canadian provincial and federal governments manage budgeting and financial stress. Both for the increased knowledge it offers of Canadian fiscal practices and for the insight into our own government's fiscal difficulties, scholars and students of Canadian studies, political science, public policy and administration, and economics will want to read Government Response to Financial Constraints.
