Guardian

Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Finance departments have often been portrayed as guardians of the public purse. In The Guardian, a multidisciplinary group of contributors examines the Ministry of Finance of Ontario since the Second World War. During the last sixty years the Ministry was transformed from a relatively small 'Treasury' to a sophisticated policy machine. What started as a modest bookkeeping operation evolved into a key bureaucratic and policy agency as the government of Ontario assumed a leadership position in developing the province.These essays reveal Ontario's 'finance' as a dynamic policy issue shaped by the personalities of premiers and ministers, the energies of public servants at all levels, and a critical dialogue between political and administrative worlds. Drawing on different methodologies, this collection profiles a ministry as policy entrepreneur, spender, revenue generator, capacity builder, budget director, program manager, and intergovernmental agent. The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.'

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-06-18
Mått160 x 238 x 31 mm
Vikt700 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
Antal sidor277
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442642546
UtmärkelserShort-listed for Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker’s Book Award 2012 (Canada)

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSECTION 1: STRUCTURES AND CONTEXTS OF THE GUARDIAN1 The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943–1961KEITH B ROWNSEY2 From ‘Treasury’ to ‘Finance’: The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961–2001PATRICE DUTIL AND DEVYN LEONARD3 Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960–2001JP LEWISSECTION 2: THE GUARDIAN IN POLICY MAKING4 Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury’s Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959–1967P.E. BRYDEN5 From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario’s Hesitant Farewell to Dr KeynesBRYAN EVANS AND JOHN SHIELDS6 Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968–2003 PATRICE DUTIL, PETER RYAN, AND ANDRÉ GOSSIGNAC7 The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public AdministrationLUC BERNIER AND JOSEPH FACALSECTION 3: THE GUARDIAN AND BUDGET MAKING8 Dealing with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961–1985CAROLINE DUFOUR9 Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985–2000KEN OGATA AND GARY SPRAAKMAN10 ‘Guardian’ as ‘Spender’: Infrastructure Investment, 1960–2005GERVAN FEARON11 Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960–2004PATRICE DUTI LConclusionPATRICE DUTILContributors