Download or read book Origins and Meaning of Section 92A written by J. Peter Meekison and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1985 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to answer, to the extent that they can be answered without judicial decisions to clarify some doubtful issues, questions concerning section 92A of the Constitution. Critical questions for the people of Western Canada and the petroleum industry, they include queries concerning the shift in provincial versus federal powers.
Download or read book The Canadian Import File written by Gerry Salembier and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past several years Canadian and international trade policy has been the subject of intense public debate, and near the top of Canada's publicpolicy agenda. The present volume is offered as a further contribution topublic understanding of the policy issues involved. It represents theoutcome of a study over the past two years of how heightened internationalcompetition moves governments, on the one hand, to reinforce barriers toimports as a means of protecting domestic producers and, on the other hand, to encourage and assist producers to adjust to change.
Download or read book The Changing Shape of Government in the Asia Pacific Region written by John W. Langford and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1988 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seminar for which the papers in this publication were prepared was the first in a series of workshops intended to link senior public policy researchers from around the Pacific Rim in order to open up channels of communication through which researchers from Asia Pacific nations can exchange views on problems and reforms in the area of governance and public sector management. Paper titles include: The Changing Shape of Government in the Asia-Pacific Region; Korean Politics in a Period of Transition; The Unfinished Political Reforms of the Hong Kong Government; Demi-democracy: Thai Politics and Government in Transition; Government and Governance in Multi-Racial Malaysia; Controlled Democracy, Political Stability and PAP Predominance: Government in Singapore; Entrenched "Strong Man" Rule: The Governmental System in Bangladesh; Australian National Government, 1987; Toward More Effective Government in the US; and, Some Issues of Governance in Canada.
Download or read book A Yen for Profit written by Richard W. Wright and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: This book is about the challenge and the opportunity Japan offers to Canadian financial institutions. Canadian banks will have to move beyond their traditional commercial banking activities, where Japanese financial institutions have a well-established edge, into newer, more creative money and capital market activities. And traditional, strict lines between the various banking activities must blur in order for Canada to acquire the same breadth of financial expertise as other global players. Canadian banks also must blur the distinction they tend to make between their activities at home and in Japan. As for Canada's securities companies, today's strengths may become tomorrow's liability. Securities companies are thriving today because their role as the main intermediaries in the massive flow of fund from Japanese institutional investors into Canadian government bonds. Tomorrow, however they could be vulnerable because of such heavy reliance on a single financial activity. The massive flow of Japanese capital Canadian securities is one of the public policy issues discussed. The most important, in the authors' opinion, is the nature and pace of deregulation. The authors argue that Canada must open itself to foreign financial institutions, not only to expose itself to the reality of competitive pressures, but also to forge the links and collaborative arrangements needed to survive and prosper.
Download or read book Computer Communications and the Mass Market in Canada written by Barry Lesser and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1985 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: The authors argue that services which evolve from computer-communications technology will transform Canadian society if widespread usage of the technology is achieved. In other words, a mass market will be required. How the market develops, who participates, the terms of the participation, what the market does, and who benefits are important questions of government policy. Only one thing is clear: government must play a key role in balancing the interplay between the forces of competition and government intervention.
Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment written by A. E. Safarian and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1985 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: Foreign direct investment and multinational enterprises play a major but controversial role in Canada. Why do we see multinational enterprises use the subsidiary to transfer their techniques and products rather than national enterprises selling their products to foreigners through markets? What impacts do multinational enterprises have on the economic growth, balance of payments, industrial performance, and national independence of the home country? Professor Safarian addresses these questions, and others, as he surveys the research of Canadian economists in this field. Although economists have recently produced more and better analysis of foreign direct investment, the author maintains that additional research is required. The complex macro- and micro-economic impacts require more precise theoretical and empirical study....Sarafin concludes that economists and other social scientists must close the gaps in understanding foreign direct investment.
Download or read book Software Policies for Growth and Export written by Russel M. Wills and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1986 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Social Welfare Systems in Canada and the United Kingdom written by Institute for Research on Public Policy and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed observers and policy makers are well aware that in recent years social welfare systems on both sides of the Atlantic have been subject to growing scrutiny, debate and controversy, especially due to high unemployment rates and extreme interest rates experienced during the last recession as well as important demographic changes such as the increase of women into the labour market and the aging population. The papers included in the colloquium discuss the situation of social welfare policy in three stages: historical developments and forces for change; the influence of the political process on social security developments; and, the nature of policy responses to demographic change.
Download or read book The Brundtland Challenge and the Cost of Inaction written by Royal Society of Canada and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the back cover: Environment is now at the top of the public agenda. This publication...reports on two workshops held in early 1988 to discuss aspects of environmental issues...The workshop members were drawn from number of professions and came with wide experience. They were much concerned about environmental issues and determined to recommend action on them. Accordingly, they refused to be constrained by workshop titles or fixed agendas, and ranged widely over a number of important questions. These included the basic nature of the environmental issue; the apparent failure, over the past couple of decades, of our decision making processes and institutions in attacking the causes - "why have we not done better?" - and the reasons for that; and what now must be done. They ended with a series of recommendations which set out the results of their best thinking at that time.
Download or read book Getting Ready for 1999 written by Tom Kent and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1989 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics discussed in this paper include the primacy of political parties; reforming the political process; true representation; a fuller economy; reviving the market; better taxation; preventing poverty; scope and space for people; and strengthening structures.
Download or read book Still Living Together written by Institute for Research on Public Policy and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Canada U S Free Trade Agreement written by Institute for Research on Public Policy and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The implementation of the proposed agreement would remove many of the remaining barriers to commerce between Canada and the US, but there remain many details of the proposed Agreement and many potential consequences uncertain. This volume contains the proceedings of a conference that sought to provide a neutral forum to assess the implications for Canada. Analyses the elements of the Agreement, and the regional, sectoral and labour market adjustment issues and broader concerns with respect to cultural, economic and political sovereignty.
Download or read book IRPP the First 30 Years written by Peter C. Dobell and published by IRPP. This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Softwood Lumber Dispute and Canada U S Trade in Natural Resources written by Michael Percy and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Care Technology written by Institute for Research on Public Policy and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1986 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New health care technologies are often incorporated into the health care system without proper evaluation of their effectiveness or their efficiency. Dissatisfaction may develop as a technology fails to meet expectations
Download or read book The Social Policy Process in Canada written by Rodney Dobell and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1986 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Telecommunications Services and Regional Development written by Barry Lesser and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research study on the impact of telecommunications on regional development, focusing on Atlantic Canada. A profile of the Atlantic economyand telecommunications sector, the theoretical framework and case studies oftelecommunications use at Fishery Products International of Newfoundland, Process Technology Ltd. in New Brunwick, Evans, Yeatman and Endal(Associates) Ltd. in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and the education sector.
