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Item Reconciling the Irreconcilable Addressing Canada’s Fiscal Imbalance(Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, 2006) Council of the Federation (Canada) Advisory PanelThe Report addresses the three elements of the mandate we received from the Council of the Federation. Throughout, we have been guided by the premiers’ considered position that fiscal relations in this country need to be guided by clear principles of transparency, accountability, adequacy, predictability, equity, and fairness. We have examined the evolving position of the territories in Confederation. We have examined the evolving position of the territories in Confederation. We have discussed the nature, origins, and impact of fiscal imbalance, both horizontal and vertical, and have evaluated the policies that Canada has developed over the years to address them. We have reflected on how these issues are managed and negotiated, and we have concluded that improving the institutions and processes of fiscal governance is as important as fixing the substance of the fiscal arrangements themselves.Item Council of the Federation Founding Agreement(Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, 2003) Council of the Federation (Canada)The Council of the Federation is being established to address present and future challenges facing the federation in order to better meet the changing needs of Canadians by a) strengthening interprovincial-territorial co-operation, forging closer ties between the members and contributing to the evolution of the Canadian federation; b) exercising leadership on national issues of importance to provinces and territories and in improving federal-provincial-territorial relations; c) promoting relations between governments which are based on respect for the constitution and recognition of the diversity within the federation; and d) working with the greatest respect for transparency and better communication with CanadiansItem Drift, Strategy and Happenstance: Towards Political Reconciliation in Canada?(Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, 1998) Symposium, IIGRSelected Proceedings of a Symposium held at Queen's University May 28th and 29th, 1998. Contents: Introduction by Tom McIntosh; National Unity and Paradigm Shifts by David R. Cameron; Federal Strategy and Its Implications by Richard Dicerni; Quebec Secession Reference by Daniel Soberman.Item Fiscal Federalism and the Burden of History(Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, 2007) Stevenson, GarthCan anything be done to end the intergovernmental disputes over fiscal federalism? Thousands of Canadians have probably asked themselves this question since Sir John A. Macdonald’s government offered “better terms” to a discontented Nova Scotia in January 1869, an initiative which provoked perhaps predictable complaints (and demands for compensation) in the legislative assembly of Ontario. Although the fiscal structure of the Canadian state has actually changed beyond recognition over nearly a century and a half, the continuity of provincial discontent with our intergovernmental fiscal arrangements, and of the rhetoric with which it is expressed, is certainly impressive. Only the weather has been as durable a source of Canadian unhappiness, and even that may decline in importance with global warming.Item Appraising Interculturalism and Refusing Canada's Constitutional Stalemate(Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, 2017) Gagnon, Alain-G.Quebecers our way of being Canadian opposes constitutional inertia and clearly state’s Quebec’s willingness to engage in Canadian political life. The policy affirms and builds on the principles of the Supreme Court reference of 1998 and complements those with a duty to negotiate. Those principles are (1) federalism, (2) democracy, (3) constitutionalism (historical continuity, consent, reciprocity) and the rule of law and (4) the protection of minority rights.