Dilemmas of Solidarity: Rethinking Distribution in the Canadian Federation

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Since the rise of the Canadian welfare state in the aftermath of the Second World War, the politics of social policy and fiscal federalism have been at the centre of federal-provincial relations. Recent events have given impetus for scholars to re-examine these issues. In 2002, the Quebec Commission on Fiscal Imbalance released its report, which introduced the term `vertical fiscal imbalance' into the vocabulary of Canadian politics. Essentially, the commission determined that a disjunction between revenue-raising capacity and expenditures involving different orders of government - vertical fiscal imbalance - was an urgent problem that must be addressed. Dilemmas of Solidarity is both a reflection on and response to that finding.

Editors Sujit Choundhry, Jean-François Graudreault-Desbiens, and Lorne Sossin bring together an array of respected legal and political scholars to reflect on the Quebec Commission's findings. The contributors to this volume illustrate how recent debates surrounding Canada's equalization program suggest alternative ways to approach the issue. The goal of Dilemmas of Solidarity is to stand back from the particulars of different policy debates, to enable scholars to reflect on basic questions regarding redistribution. This fascinating collection will undoubtedly inform a more nuanced and wide-ranging debate both among academics and policy practitioners than has occurred in this past.

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Paul Boothe Sujit Choudhry David Duff Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens Andrée Lajoie Alain Noël Peter H. Russell Richard Simeon Lorne Sossin François Vaillancourt Daniel Weinstock

2006 Federal Budget: Rethinking Fiscal Priorities

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2006 Federal Budget: Rethinking Fiscal Priorities
Charles M. Beach
Manufacturer: Queen's School of Policy Studies
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The 2006 federal budget was the first for a new Conservative minority government led by a prime minister from the west. As a platform for implementing distinctive election promises, the 2006 budget offered ample opportunity for rethinking fiscal priorities in Canada, such as cutting the GST, addressing fiscal imbalance with the provinces, and finding a different approach to childcare and child benefits. The papers in this volume examine the political and economic context informing the 2006 budget as well as lessons from recent U.S. tax policy debates and a quantitative evaluation of the impact of the overall budget package on the Canadian economy. Special attention is devoted to alternative federal tax structures, fiscal imbalance, and the recent federal Blue Ribbon report. Contributors also look at the new federal policy on childcare and child benefits, how the budget relates to productivity and competitiveness, and general sustainability of the new fiscal plan. Contributors include Richard Bird (Toronto), Robin Boadway (Queen's), Paul Boothe (Alberta), Andrew Coyne (The National Post), Don Drummond (TD Bank Financial Group), Peter Dungan (Toronto), Fred Gorbet (York), Richard Harris (Simon Fraser), Kevin Milligan (British Columbia), Jack Mintz (Toronto), Steve Murphy (Toronto), Alain Noel (Montreal), Bill Robson (C.D. Howe Institute), Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards), Joel Slemrod (Michigan), Michael Smart (Toronto), Gregor Smith (Queen's), and Tom Wilson (Toronto).

Building a Partnership: The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

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Building a Partnership: The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

Manufacturer: Michigan State University Press
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This selection of papers and commentary drawn from a September 1998 conference held at Michigan State University, examines in detail the CanadaUnited States Free Trade Agreement. Among its many contributions, the work underscores how this pact paved the way for the North American Free Trade Agreement. The work also includes essays written by Canadian and American policy makers, including Derek Burney and James Baker, III; these are augmented by a series of insightful papers and commentary written by scholars and informed observers. Roger Porter, from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, summarizes and places the CanadaUnited States Free Trade Agreement into a framework for the future, one that includes trade agreements with other countries in the Western Hemisphere. In light of the recently concluded World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, this analysis of Canada's bilateral trade agreement with the United States is timely and thought provoking.

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Canada and the United States exchange the world's highest level of bilateral trade, valued at $1.4 billion a day. Two-thirds of this trade travels on trucks. Heavy Traffic examines the way in which the regulatory reform of American and Canadian trucking, coupled with free trade, has internationalized this vital industry.

Before deregulation, restrictive entry rules had fostered two separate national highway transportation markets, and most international traffic had to be exchanged at the border. When the United States deregulated first, the imbalance between its opened market and Canada's still-restricted one produced a surprisingly difficult bilateral dispute. American deregulation was motivated by domestic incentives, but the subsequent Canadian deregulation blended domestic incentives with transborder rate comparisons and concerns about trade competitiveness.

Daniel Madar shows that deregulation created a de facto regime of free trade in trucking services. Removing regulatory barriers has enabled Canadian and American carriers to follow the expansion of transborder traffic that began with the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and continues with NAFTA. The services available with deregulated trucking have also supported sweeping changes in industrial logistics. As transborder traffic has surged, the two countries' carriers -- from billion-dollar corporations to family firms -- have exploited the latitude provided by deregulation.

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Behind the scenes view.......2003-09-23

The best behind-the-scenes account of the NAFTA negotiations. Cameron and Tomlin have meticulously researched and analyzed all aspects of the deal, based on interviews in all three countries. Moreover, the book is written in a readable, entertaining style. The only problem with the book - which is why I dock it one star - is that the theory looks like an add-on. It has little predictive value, despite the authors' claims, and attempts to fuse theories with sometimes conflicting assumptions. Nonetheless, the empirical work is outstanding.

NAFTA and the Energy Charter Treaty:Compliance with, Implementation and Effectiveness of International Investment Agreements (Nafta Law and Policy Series, V. 5)

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NAFTA and the Energy Charter Treaty:Compliance with, Implementation and Effectiveness of International Investment Agreements (Nafta Law and Policy Series, V. 5)
Mirian Omalu
Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) are the first major multilateral treaties to impose obligations on governments concerning the protection and treatment of foreign investments. These obligations are enforceable by private companies. NAFTA and the ECT examines the effectiveness of the investment rules of these treaties and analyses the mechanisms adopted to enhance compliance, and to facilitate the implementation and enforcement of the relevant rules and regulations. Coverage of this work includes: a conceptual analysis of the precise meaning and theoretical foundation of compliance, implementation, and effectiveness; an examination of issues of direct effect and direct international responsibility in terms of the practical question of the treaties' impact on the domestic regimes of states; an exploration of the issues of transparency and monitoring to achieve enhanced compliance; and a close look at a number of key links in the field -- between the investment rules and the workings of national legal and governmental systems, between national and international law, between different disciplines involved (international law, international relations, international politics, and economics), and between transparency and compliance monitoring. NAFTA and the ECT also offers several helpful features, including results from a questionnaire-based survey circulated to the main players in the realm of foreign investment which offer unique insights on the prevalent perception of the industry towards NAFTA and the ECT; and original suggested provisions and frameworks which would enhance the effectiveness of the investment rules. The thought-provoking issues probed and conclusions reached and the interdisciplinary and comparative approach taken make NAFTA and the ECT a compelling new resource for academics, policymakers, and others interested in the effectiveness of international investment agreements and the tools employed in their implementation and enforcement.

NAFTA and the Environnment : Seven Years Later (Policy Analyses in International Economics)

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NAFTA and the Environnment : Seven Years Later (Policy Analyses in International Economics)

Manufacturer: Peterson Institute
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Air and water pollution blighted northern Mexican cities long before NAFTA was a glimmer on the political horizon. Not surprisingly, when NAFTA became a political reality, environmentalists reacted by arguing that commercial competition would weaken environmental standards in all three countries, and that industrial growth in Mexico would further damage its weak environmental infrastructure. NAFTA's huge success in expanding free trade has concentrated population and environmental abuse at the U.S.-Mexico border-where it is most visible to Americans. Many environmental groups blame NAFTA and, drawing on its experience, now oppose new trade initiatives.

Does the NAFTA record on the environment since 1994 justify their criticism? In this seven-year analysis, the authors review NAFTA'S environmental provisions, including a side accord-the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), the situation at the U.S.-Mexican border, and the trends in North American environmental policy. They emphasize that the environmental problems of North America were not the result of NAFTA nor was the NAAEC devised to address all of them. The authors offer recommendations to better NAFTA's environmental dimension in all three countries, and improve living conditions where economic growth is greatest-at the U.S.-Mexican border. It makes more sense to tackle the shortcomings than to lament NAFTA and the economic growth it promotes.

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Negotiating NAFTA: A Mexican Envoy's Account (The Washington Papers)
Hermann von Bertrab
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In his foreword to the book, Sidney Weintraub argues that the negotiations leading to the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) may be the most important between the United States and Mexico since the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago. This book examines those negotiations from the vantage point of one of the key Mexican officials, Hermann von Bertrab. As an insider, but as someone on the other side of the discussions, he provides a prospective rarely offered of contemporary American foreign and economic policymaking. Concentrating on the negotiations between the United States and Mexico, with some analysis of the Canadian component, von Bertrab characterizes the discussions as moving through four stages: an initial fast track, the detailed examination of the proposals, a stage of mobilization political support and working out side agreements, and a ratification stage. All in all, a fascinating report on a major diplomatic event and an opportunity to see ourselves as we are seen by foreign officials. Of considerable interest to scholars and researchers of contemporary American foreign and economic policymaking and Latin American Studies.

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The first complete chapter of Jim Starlin's epic saga, collected in one volume, chronicling the adventures of Vanth Dreadstar, last survivor of the destroyed Milky Way Galaxy. Dreadstar finds himself transported to the Empirical Galaxy, where he is recruited by the sorcerer Syzygy Darklock to help bring an end to the 200-year-old war between the corrupt Monarchy and the fanatical Instrumentality.

Dreadstar Volume One: Definitive Collection

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Jim Starlin
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Here's important food for thought for men and women who are bored with their job, are in a tired relationship, or who simply feel overdue for an interlude of personal freedom. Mixing humor, cracker-barrel philosophy, and good common sense, author Evan Harris offers realistic advice by describing more than 20 techniques designed to get her readers out of virtually any nasty situation. They include offering one's antagonist a calm, reasonable argument, or going to the opposite extreme and making a scene. Maybe most satisfying of all is a technique she calls achieving, then vanishing. She also advises on recognizing signs that the time to quit has come. For instance, if you dream about quitting a job where you're underappreciated, it's time to quit. Or if that once-special person in your life cannot understand your feelings, it's time to break off the relationship. Quoting comedian W. C. Fields, Evan Harris reminds her readers: “If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”

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The Possibilities Are Endless.......2005-01-18

"The Art Of Quitting: When Enough Is Enough" may be the most unusual and most helpful book I have ever read. It is a little book 7" by 5", 139 pages and full of wisdom, wit and weirdness. A friend suggested this book when I talked about planning for retirement. You don't just retire, you know, you have to plan to retire. And that, my friend, is the jest of this book. You don't just quit, you have to plan to quit.

"Quitting does not come out of the clear, blue sky. Every quitter enters into his quit armed with something to quit, a number of methods at his disposal, and a natural predilection for how to proceed" so says, Evan Harris the author. She has written a book filled with all of the information you need (and some you don't need, but fun to read). There is work ahead- you must keep track of many items, if quitting is to be successful. Type of quit, technique, and style of the quitter are all part of the equation that must go into the quit.

There are 6 types of quits. You need to focus on what it is you don't want. Get it right!

1.Job quitting-paid or unpaid
2.Person quitting
3.Thing quitting
4.Location quitting
5.Idea quitting
6.Habit quitting

There are 20 techniques in quitting and Evan Harris writes a chapter on each type. They are informative and humorous. At first I thought this book was maybe, well, silly, but then I understood. Much of this book is written tongue in cheek, but it is filled with wisdom if you know how to interpret it. Quitting has a schedule- it starts with euphoria and may enter into post quitting depression. Some helpful hints are to tell everyone you know, that you have quit, they will congratulate you, or think about quitting something else so you can have the euphoria again.

Quitting is an art, an act of will and a form of expression, Some people may not understand and some will be jealous. Quit because you can. One of the most popular techniques of quitting that we can all identify with is the Make a Scene Quit. One example would be to wait for your boss to appear and ask you one more time to carry out some mindless task. Scream at your boss, and say, "I have had it", tear up your most important work and throw it at your boss and stomp out and say "I, Quit" No more job, for sure. Or use the Abandon and Conceal Quit. No one will know you are doing it- refuse to wear underwear, quit reading the table of contents, or stop believing in germs.
The most helpful quit is the Plot and Endure quit- You are planning to retire- you can tolerate most anything because you know there's an end in sight.

As W.C. Fields said "If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use in being a damn fool about it." This book is for real and can be very useful. It is also full of information to use at your next cocktail party or at the dentist's office when you are kept waiting. We are all going to quit something at some time in our life. Be prepared. Read the encyclopedia of quitting and go on do it. You know, I really have had enough of this, I quit. Highly recommended. prisrob

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Chomp your way through ghosts with ease with the help of Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Find walkthroughs for every level, and complete coverage for both Arcade mode and multiplayer mode. Revisit the original video gaming phenomenon of Ms. Pac-Man, but come properly equipped this time, with the help of Prima! Our guide gives you:

Coverage of Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, and PlayStation game consoles!
Walkthroughs of all four magical worlds
Secret minigames and hidden mazes revealed
Helpful tips for overcoming traps and challenges
Pointers to help you reunite Pac-World's lost realms
Strategies for Quest, Multiplayer, and Classic modes

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Ms. Pacman does much more than eat dots!!.......2001-02-21

Namco is the king of the classic games like Pacman who would want to see Ms. Pacman on Nintendo 64 and buy a guide?? She got her 3-D 64 game before Pacman [Mr.] But the truth is that Ms. Pacman Maze Madness is a brand new puzzle/exploration style game. There are 12 areas spread over 4 worlds and many secrets to unlock. You're still going to munch more than 200 pellets per stage but experience is so different. There's a deep plot and the difficulty is only intermediate making the guide pretty useless. Don't sweat it since you can STILL play the classic **Ms.** Pacman. Not that the bow will makes much of a difference, there's a build to this style of game. The exploration may not be deep or engrossing, but besides who wants to use a guide to completely spoil all the secrets??

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With World Wide Web integration and interactivity, extraordinary visual drawings and photographs, unprecedented currency, and unique lecture presentation materials, this book will make your introductory computer course for teachers exciting and dynamic?an experience your students will remember as a highlight of their educational careers!

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Great E-text.......2001-09-05

It's the text of the future, having both printed and Electronic information at the same time. Text web site adds to the learning experience and you can go back time and again for a refresher.

Incredible Resource.......2000-06-21

I work as an adjunct at the University of Central Florida teaching a required course for students who will be entering the teaching profession. The text I use is "Teachers Discovering Computers".

The book's focus is on Computer, Information and Integration literacy. Each area is thoroughly covered in content detail, enhanced by photos and diagrams and supported with a wealth of unline material from the Cashman site. Every chapter has a review section, sites to go to on the web for additional information, and tips for teachers on integrating what they have learned. I would suggest anyone in or about to enter education, purchase this text so they too might make the most of technology in the classroom.

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