Research Papers

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RP (1)

David Cameron
The Landscape of Civic Engagement in Ontario

RP(2)

Thomas J. Courchene
Ontario in the Information Era: Cohesion and Competitiveness

RP(3)

David K. Foot
Demographic Change and Public Policy in Ontario

RP(4)

Andrew Green
The Evolution of Government as Risk Manager in Canada

RP (5)
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Judith Maxwell
The Great Social Transformation: Implications for the Social Role of Government in Ontario

RP (6)

Jerry Mechling
Information Age Government for Ontario

RP (7)

Jack Mintz, William Robson
Ontario’s Future Prosperity: Issues, Changes and Recommendations

RP (8)

Graham White
Change in the Ontario State 1952 - 2002

RP (9)

James B. Davies
Social and Economic Risks to Seniors

RP (10)

Morley Gunderson, Michael Trebilcock
Managing Labour Market Risk in the New World of Work

RP (11)

Jeffrey G. Reitz
Social Risks for Newcomers to Canada: Issues Respecting the Role of Government in Ontario

RP (12)

Sandford Borins
New Information Technology and the Public Sector in Ontario

RP (13)

Kenneth Kernaghan
The Future Role of a Professional Non-Partisan Public Service in Ontario

RP (14)

Mark Stabile
The Role of Benefit Taxes in the Health Care Sector

RP (15)

Bob Segsworth
Accountability, Evaluation and Performance Monitoring: A Comparative Perspective

RP (16)

Jane Jenson
Young Families, Social Risk and the Role of Government

RP (17)

Enid Slack, Larry S. Bourne and Meric S. Gertler
Vibrant cities and City-Regions: Responding to Emerging Challenges

RP (18)

Enid Slack Larry S. Bourne and Meric S. Gertler
Small, Rural, and Remote Communities: The Anatomy of Risk

RP (19)

Ronald J. Deibert
Edemocracy: Current Trends and Future Prospects

RP (20)

Monica Belcourt
Ontario Public Service - Human Resources Management

RP (21)

Roy Hrab
Private Delivery of Public Services: Public Private Partnerships and Contracting-Out

RP (22)

Roy Hrab
Privatization: Experience and Prospects

RP (23)

Edward Iacobucci, Michael Trebilcock and Ralph Winter
Economic Deregulation of Network Industries: Managing the Transition to Sustainable Competition

RP (24)

Appendix C

Gordon Cleveland, Susan Colley
The Future Role of Government in Supporting Early Childhood Education and Care in Ontario

RP (25)

Arthur Sweetman
Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education System: Some Thoughts for the Future

RP (26)

Andrew Green, Roy Hrab
Self-Regulation and the Protection of the Public Interest

RP (27)

Andrew Green
Incentives, Public Goals and Environmental Contracts

RP (28)

David A. Wolfe, Tijs Creutzberg
Community Participation and Multilevel Governance in Economic Development Policy

RP (29)

W. Craig Riddell
The Role of Government in Post-Secondary Education in Ontario

RP (30)

Colleen M. Flood, Duncan Sinclair
Steering and Rowing in Health Care: The Devolution Option?

RP (31)

Keith Banting
Responding to Social Risk in Ontario: Are We There Yet?

RP (32)

Richard M. Bird, Thomas A. Wilson
A Tax Strategy for Ontario

RP (33)

Morley Gunderson
Active Labour Market Adjustment Policies: What We Know and Don’t Know

RP (34)

Andrew Green
The Equal Opportunity Society: Determining the Role of Government

RP (35)

Celine Mulhern, Graham White and David Cameron
Democracy in Ontario

RP (36)

Paul Boothe
Renewal in the Centre: Working with Ontario’s Federation Partners

RP (37)

Abigail Payne
The Culture Industry

RP (38)

Sandford Borins
Contracting and Partnerships in IT Services to Government

RP (39)

Elizabeth Brubaker
Revisiting Water and Wastewater Utility Privatization

RP (40)

Lorne Sossin
Dilemmas of Evaluation, Accountability and Politics: Contracting Out Social Services in Ontario

RP (41)

Michael Trebilcock, Roy Hrab
Electricity Restructuring: A Comparative Review

RP (42)

Donald J. Savoie
Strengthening the Policy Capacity of Government

RP (43)

Susan Waterfield
Human Resource Management

RP (44)

Harry Kitchen
Physical Infrastructure and Financing

RP (45)

David G. Duff
Benefit Taxes and User Fees in Theory and Practice

RP (46)

T. R. Williams
Some Issues of Educational Governance

RP (47)

Rod Dobell
The Role of Government and the Government’s Role in Evaluating Government: Insider Information and Outsider Beliefs

RP (48)

Carolyn Tuohy
Governance and Accountability in the Ontario Health Care Arena

RP (49)

Finn Poschmann, William Robson
Thoughts on the Fiscal Framework for Ontario’s Industrial Development Finn Poschmann

RP (50)

Jack Mintz, Thomas A. Wilson
Assessing Expenditures and Tax Reform Measures: A Review