Report of the Royal Commission, Provincial Economic Inquiry [and Appendices].
Title | Report of the Royal Commission, Provincial Economic Inquiry [and Appendices]. PDF eBook |
Author | Nova Scotia. Royal Commission, Provincial Economic Inquiry |
Publisher | |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1934 |
Genre | Nova Scotia |
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The Government of Nova Scotia
Title | The Government of Nova Scotia PDF eBook |
Author | James Murray Beck |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 1957-12-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1442633433 |
Here is a well-documented study of the structure, historical development, and present condition of the government of Nova Scotia. It deals with one of the oldest constitutions in Canada, one which was not created by statute but by the prerogative of the Crown. Nova Scotia has two major claims to priority in the history of Canadian politics: she was the first province to be granted representative institutions and the first to win responsible government. Owing in large measure to Joseph Howe's inspired leadership, the latter was achieved through peaceful, constitutional means. It is obvious that a study of the government of Nova Scotia must dig deep into the past, and Dr. Beck has investigated this early history with great care and thoroughness. This is followed by a study of the more recent period and the working of the government of our own time. The author demonstrates that the important changes, the interesting practices, and the colourful incidents have not all been in the distant past. There was, for example, the Legislative Council, that travesty on democratic institutions which lasted until less than thirty years ago. There was the odd phenomenon of a Liberal government in power for seventy out of ninety years since Confederation. There was the constant need to adapt parliamentary practices and institutions, developed under quite different conditions to the needs of a much smaller community, and one which was keenly aware of its heritage and very jealous of any serious interference. As a native of Nova Scotia and a political scientist, Dr. Beck has had a special interest in seeing how the Nova Scotian institutions of government evolved and how they work today. He has done a great deal of original research among primary sources and covered a field as yet uninvestigated by any other scholar. An admirable addition to the Canadian Government Series, of which it is the eighth volume, this is a book for serious students of political science and for students of Nova Scotia history.
Bulletin
Title | Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | Nova Scotia. Department of Agriculture |
Publisher | |
Pages | 750 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Title | The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 712 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Union catalogs |
ISBN |
Essays in Political Economy
Title | Essays in Political Economy PDF eBook |
Author | Harold A. Innis |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 1978-12-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1487590423 |
This volume of essays in Political Science is a tribute to the character and work of Professor Edward Johns Urwick who in June, 1937, retired under the age limit from the chair of Political Economy in the University of Toronto. It is the first volume of a series in Political Economy to be published by the Maurice Cody Foundation and the University of Toronto Press. It includes articles written by colleagues of Professor Urwick in the Department of Political Economy on subjects in which they had special interest, and articles which are summaries of work done by holders of the Maurice Cody Fellowship since its establishment in 1928. By a happy coincidence, this volume is issued fifty years after the chair in Political Economy was founded.
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
Title | The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Wardhaugh |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2021-07-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0774865040 |
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism investigates the groundbreaking inquiry launched to reconstruct Canada’s federal system. In 1937, the Canadian confederation was broken. As the Depression ground on, provinces faced increasing obligations but limited funds, while the dominion had fewer responsibilities but lucrative revenue sources. The commission’s report proposed a bold new form of federalism based on the national collection and unconditional transfers of major tax revenues to the provinces. While the proposal was not immediately adopted, this incisive study demonstrates that the commission’s innovative findings went on to shape policy and thinking about federalism for decades.
A Finding-list of Royal Commission Reports in the British Dominions
Title | A Finding-list of Royal Commission Reports in the British Dominions PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Harrison Cole |
Publisher | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | Canada |
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