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    Fiscal Federalism in Canada
    Analysis, Evaluation, Prescription

    André Lecours (Edited by), Daniel Béland (Edited by), Trevor Tombe (Edited by), Eric Champagne (Edited by)

    9781487551247

    Hardback, published 27 November 2023

    528 pages, 28 b&w figures, 26 b&w tables
    23.5 x 16 x 16.1 cm, 0.87 kg

    Featuring insights from some of the top specialists in the country, Fiscal Federalism in Canada unpacks numerous complexities of fiscal federalism in Canada. The book features key regional and provincial perspectives, while taking into account Indigenous realities, the three territories, and municipal affairs. The contributing authors go beyond the major federal transfers to examine the financing of education, cities, infrastructure, and housing.

    This volume shows that fiscal federalism is much more than simply an aggregate of individual programs and transfers. It highlights the role of actors other than the federal and provincial governments and recalls the importance of territoriality. The book pays close attention to the political dimension of fiscal federalism in Canada, which is at the heart of how the federation functions and is essential to its governance. Fiscal federalism is central to the funding of critical programs through intergovernmental transfers, but it is also the focus of political debates on territorial redistribution. In tackling essential questions, Fiscal Federalism in Canada contributes to the so-called second-generation fiscal federalism literature, taking stock of the critical sociological and political issues at its core.

    1. Introduction: Fiscal Federalism under the Microscope 
    André Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne

    2. The Struggle for Equity That Saved the Federation
    Mary Janigan

    3. Fiscal Federalism and the Federal Spending Power: A Legal and Constitutional Analysis
    Peter Oliver

    4. The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Canada’s Fiscal Arrangements after COVID-19
    Trevor Tombe

    5. The Canada Health Transfer: Past, Present, and Future
    Robin Boadway

    6. Ceremonial Fiscal Federalism: Social Assistance and the Canada Social Transfer
    Michael J. Prince

    7. Living on Equalization Payments: How Hard Is It for Receiving Provinces to Anticipate Future Equalization Revenues?
    Marcelin Joanis

    8. Canadian Fiscal Federalism and the Provinces’ Natural Resource Revenues
    James Feehan

    9. Fiscal Federalism, Governance, and Provincial Debt
    Kyle Hanniman

    10. Fiscal Federalism in Canada’s North: Understanding Territorial Formula Financing
    Christopher Yurris, Daniel Béland, and Trevor Tombe

    11. Leading the Way: First Nations in Canadian Fiscal Federalism
    Donn. L. Feir and David Scoones

    12. Long-Term Care Reform in Canada in the Wake of COVID-19: The Poverty of the National Standards Solution
    Anthony Breton and Patrik Marier

    13. Cities in Canadian Fiscal Federalism: The Forgotten Partner
    Enid Slack

    14. Coming Full Circle: Federalism and Responsibility for Housing
    Steve Pomeroy

    15. Public Infrastructure Financing and Multilevel Governance in Canada
    Eric Champagne and Aracelly Denise Granja

    16. Financing Education in Canada
    Jennifer Wallner

    17. Child-Care in a Decentralized Federation: Who Pays?
    Jennifer Robson

    18. Diversity in Adversity: Fiscal Federalism, the Four Atlantic Provinces, and Canada’s Great Demographic Imbalance
    Richard Saillant

    19. Quebec’s Fiscal Federalism Trilemma
    Alain Noël

    20. Fiscal Fortunes: An Ontario Perspective on Federal-Provincial Transfers
    Tracy Snoddon

    21. Canadian Fiscal Federalism and Alberta’s Latest Attempt to Get a Fair(er) Deal
    Ken Boessenkool

    22. Canadian Fiscal Federalism in Comparative Perspective 
    Alan Fenna

    23. Conclusion
    André Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne
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