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Rivals for power : Ottawa and the provinces : the contentious history of the Canadian federation / Edward Whitcomb.
Author
Whitcomb, Ed
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Toronto : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, [2017]
©2017
Description
400 pages ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
JL27 .W47 2017
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Federal government
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Canada
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History
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Canada
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Politics and government
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1867-
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Summary note
"Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces tells the story of the politicians who continually contend over the division of power (and money) between Ottawa and the provinces. The heroes and villains of this story include many of the leading lights of Canadian history, from John A. Macdonald, Wilfred Laurier, and Maurice Duplessis to Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, Bill Davis, Peter Lougheed and Jean Chretien. The unique feature of this book is its focus: no matter what their policies, Canadian politicians over the years have engaged in an ongoing push and pull over power, with both successes and failures. As Whitcomb sees it, the success of the provinces at preventing Ottawa from becoming the overwhelming power in Canadian life has been the key to the country's stability and its cultural cohesion. But the failure of the provinces to achieve an equal measure of power and the growing gap between the have and have-not provinces stands as an ongoing challenge--and threat--to the country's unity."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-388) and index.
Contents
Part I. Adopting federalism
Part II. The first seventy years
Part III. Post-war federalism
Part IV. The modern era.
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Issued also in electronic format.
ISBN
9781459412385 ((softcover))
1459412389
LCCN
2017416853
OCLC
973044135
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