Through a compilation of essays, The Harper Factor reviews the legislative actions of Stephen Harper's government as well as its impact on public policy during their tenure in office. These essays analyze Harper's government activities through a cross section of key policy areas where the Harper government set out to introduce and affect policy change. Contributing authors, each with long standing backgrounds in their field, each address a specific policy area and reflect on the following questions: What impact did Stephen Harper have on their assigned policy area? In what ways did he change the approach in relation to previous governments? And what would be the impact of his record on future governments? Contributors provide the editors with policy background, assessment and comparative insight to evaluate Harper's impact on each key public policy area. The editors then reflect on the degree of change in each policy area and reflect on whether the Harper government policies brought change and if these changes will withstand the test of time.--$cProvided by publisher.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.07/3
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780773548718 9780773548701
- LCCN
- F1034.2
- LCCN Item number
- H37 2016eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (305 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00237212 (OCoLC)953887695 (CaOOCEL)451730
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- THE HARPER FACTOR 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- Illustrations 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 14
- INSTITUTIONS 18
- 1 Unfinished Business: The Legacy of Stephen Harper’s “Open Federalism” 20
- 2 Harper and the House of Commons: An Evidence-Based Assessment 40
- 3 Stephen Harper and the Federal Public Service: An Uneasy and Unresolved Relationship 57
- 4 Government News Management and Canadian Journalism 75
- 5 Permanent Marketing and the Conduct of Politics 93
- THE WORLD 108
- 6 Rising Power: Stephen Harper’s Makeover of Canadian International Policy and Its Institutions 110
- 7 The Strange Voyage: Stephen Harper on Defence 129
- MONEY 148
- 8 Review of Economic Performance and Policy during the Harper Years 150
- 9 Canadian Trade and Investment Policy under the Harper Government 173
- PEOPLE 190
- 10 The Harper Influence on Immigration 192
- 11 Law and Order in the Harper Years 209
- 12 Stephen Harper and Indigenous Peoples 233
- COMMENTARIES 246
- 13 The Harper Government and Agriculture 248
- 14 Harper on Health Care: A Curious Mix of Continuity, Unilateralism and Opportunity Lost 258
- 15 Unsustainable Development: Energy and Environment in the Harper Decade 266
- Conclusion 277
- Contributor Biographical Notes 280
- Notes 286
