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03975aam a2200469 i 4500 001 A24068E4129911EBB48536AA50ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201020010019 008 191110s2020 quc b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0228001307 020 $a 9780228001300 020 $a 9780228002109 020 $a 0228002109 035 $a (OCoLC)1126211848 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d OCLCF $d NLC $d YDX $d VP@ $d SILO 042 $a lac 043 $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a HJ795.A1 $b J36 2020 055 0 $a HJ795.A1 $b J36 2020 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Janigan, Mary, $e author. 245 14 $a The art of sharing : $b the richer versus the poorer provinces since confederation / $c Mary Janigan. 264 1 $a Montreal ; $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xi, 420 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Carleton library series ; $v 250 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Sharing in Australia and Depression-Era Canada, 1935-38 -- The Poorer Provinces Stake Their Claims, 1867-1919 -- The Maritime Provinces Lead the Way for Canada--and Australia,1919-30 -- The Poorer Endanger the Richer, 1930-35 -- King Stalls as the Depression Continues, 1935-37-- The Poorer versus the Richer at the Royal Commission,1937-40 -- Inequality in Wartime, 1940-44 -- Mackenzie King's Last Showdowns, 1945-48 -- The Compromise, 1948-57. 520 $a "In 1957, after a century of scathing debates and threats of provincial separation, Ottawa finally tackled the dangerous fiscal inequalities among its richer and poorer provinces. Equalization grants allowed the poorer provinces to provide relatively equal services for relatively equal levels of taxation. The Art of Sharing tells the dramatic history of Canada's efforts to save itself. The introduction of federal equalization grants was controversial, and wealthier provinces such as Alberta--wanting to keep more of their taxpayers' money for their own governments--continue to attack them today. Mary Janigan argues that the elusive ideal of fiscal equity, in spite of dissent from richer provinces, has helped preserve Canada as a united nation. Janigan goes back to Confederation to trace the escalating tensions among the provinces across decades as voters demanded more services to survive in a changing world. She also uncovers the continuing contacts between Canada and Australia as both dominions struggled to placate disgruntled member states and provinces that blamed the very act of federation for their woes. By the mid-twentieth century, trapped between the demands of social activists and Quebec's insistence on its right to run its own social programs, Ottawa adopted non-conditional grants in compromise. The history of equalization in Canada has never been fully explored. Introducing the idealistic Canadians who fought for equity along with their radically different proposals to achieve it, The Art of Sharing makes the case that a willingness to share financial resources is the real tie that has bound the federation together into the twenty-first century."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Transfer payments $z Canada $x History. 651 0 $a Canada $x Economic policy. 651 0 $a Canada $x Economic conditions. 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Economic policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902025 650 7 $a Transfer payments. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01154613 651 7 $a Canada. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204310 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Janigan, Mary. $t Art of sharing. $d Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020 $z 9780228002673 $z 9780228002673 $w (OCoLC)1140871651 830 0 $a Carleton library series ; $v 250. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721015838.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A24068E4129911EBB48536AA50ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search