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Presentation to the Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance of the Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Commons ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

Research paper given to the Panel on the Role of Government. ; The conclusion of this paper is that the legitimacy and credibility of government can be better restored, and the social purposes pursued by government better achieved, through systems—including evaluation systems—that promote cooperation and trust rather than those that rest on competition and audit. ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

Unpublished - Outline notes for remarks to Statistics Canada's 1997 Management Conference ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

Notes for address to les conférences Hydro-Québec - UQAM Environnement et societé ; The problems of global environmental change are both serious and urgent. This paper argues the need to find ways to handle the myriad social decisions on environmental questions routinely, without invoking all the heavy machinery of conscious collective choice. Such decentralization demans market instruments. But coupled with the appeal to market instruments must be the strengthening of public decision structures, accountability mechanisms, and democratic guarantees. An environmental "bill of rights: to go with environmental markets is thus the critical social transaction. ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

Notes for Presentation to the Macdonald Royal Commission ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

Speech to legislative auditors in Québec City. ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

FOREWORD: In June of this year the Institute for the Quantitative Analysis of Social and Economic Policy undertook to prepare a study of programs for financial assistance to students attending post-secondary educational institutions. This study was supported jointly by the Ontario Department of University Affairs and the University of Toronto Project on Efficient Allocation of Resources in Higher Education. Principal investigators were Professors Gail C.A. Cool and David A.A. Stager, Associates of this Institute and members of the Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto. It is their report which follows. ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

AbstractThis review surveys experience with evaluation practices in the Government of Canada since the mid-1960s, particularly with respect to spending reviews, concluding that there is little reason to expect any direct link from ongoing evaluation practices to Cabinet decisions. The renewed commitment to evidence-based decision-making announced by the new Liberal government is unlikely to change this conclusion. The introduction of Deliverology as a support function centered in the Privy Council Office shifts attention from policy formation to implementation and program delivery, with important emphasis on innovation and adaptation. But the crucial challenge still rests in achieving greater public access to information, and greater inclusiveness in decision processes. Résumé:Cet article fait état du rôle de l'évaluation au niveau du Gouvernement du Canada depuis le milieu des années 1960. En particulier, il analyse le lien entre l'évaluation et les exercices de révision budgétaire, concluant qu'il a peu de raison d'attendre de l'évaluation qu'elle ait une influence directe sur les décisions du Cabinet. L'engagement renouvelé du nouveau gouvernement libéral à ce que les décisions soient fondées sur les connaissances ne changera probablement cette conclusion. L'introduction de la résultologie, comme une fonction en support au Bureau du Conseil Privé, détourne l'attention de la conception des politiques vers l'implantation et l'exécution des programmes, en mettant l'accent sur l'innovation et l'adaptation. L'enjeu principal reste toutefois le même, de réussir à améliorer l'accès public à l'information, et à être plus inclusif dans les processus décisionnels.

Partial Preliminary Draft – For Discussion Only ; Introduction: These are dark days for the North American Community Agenda. A prevailing angst has descended upon the concept of a diverse and cooperative North American Community, a reaction largely attributable to the tragic events of September 11th. As with many dialogues since that fateful day, the optimistic and somewhat utopian notions that led the last decade of North American community-building have given way to a dominant security and economic agenda: of a "Fortress North America" outlook defined in terms of common security arrangements (e.g., defence, customs and immigration); integrated economies (e.g., free trade, harmonisation, a common currency); expanded access to resources (e.g., continental energy policy, inter-basin and trans-border water transfers); and a decreasing tolerance of social (e.g., health care principles) and cultural (e.g., popular media) distinctions. In the climate incited by a declared war on terrorism, concerns over the expanding NAFTA-rights of corporations, the declining sovereignty of governments, local communities and individuals, and the subordination of concerns for natural and social capital to the interests of owners of financial capital have been displaced and erased from the agenda. ; Faculty ; Unreviewed

Prepared for the Conference on Environment Policy Implementation: A Comparison of Canada and the United States. Convened by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. San Diego, California, July 9th, 1999. "Draft for Discussion – Please Do Not Cite or Quote" ; We describe the history of international efforts to design and implement multi-party agreements to address the global atmospheric problems of acid deposition, stratospheric ozone depletion and climate change, and compare U.S. and Canadian policies oriented towards these risks over the past quarter century. An adaptation of Putnam's (1988) two-level games metaphor is presented, focusing on the complex chain of events from international agreement formulation, through domestic ratification and policy implementation to the actions of private and public actors which ultimately determine compliance and implementation success. With increasingly converging policy approaches in the two countries, efforts to address global climate change have come to focus on the search for technological solutions and the prospects for voluntary compliance. While voluntary approaches tend to rely on self interest as a motivating force, social capital may have a role in promoting altruistic behavior. ; Faculty ; Unreviewed