Open Federalism Revisited: Regional and Federal Dynamics in the Harper Era

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1. Introduction: Stephen Harper’s Legacy for the Dynamics of Canadian Federalism and Regionalism
James Farney and Julie M. Simmons

Part I: Dynamics of Regional Differences In the Harper Era

2. When the West was In? Public Opinion in the Western Provinces during the Harper Era
Loleen Berdahl and Tracey Raney

3. Ontario’s New Identity? Assessing Ontario’s Political Culture and Place in Confederation under “Open Federalism”
Cheryl Collier

4. The decline of the Bloc Québécois and Stephen Harper’s Open Federalism
Maxime Héroux-Legault

5. From Prairie firewalls to Atlantic seawalls: Atlantic Canada in the Harper Era
Louise Carbert

Part II: Institutional Changes during the Harper Era

6. Stephen Harper’s PMO Style: Partisan Managerialism
Jonathan Craft and Anna Esselment
 
7. Political Parties and Regional Integration in the 21st Century: Are we Beyond Brokerage?
James Farney

8. Stephen Harper’s “Open Federalism”: Kicking the Sand of Multilateral Intergovernmental Institutions
Julie M. Simmons
 
9. Reform and Rulings at the Supreme Court of Canada: The Harper Conservatives and Federalism
Erin Crandall

Part III: Assessing Harper Era Policy Changes through Regional and Federal Lenses

10. Stephen Harper and Canada’s New Immigration Federalism
Mirielle Paquet

11. Dismantling and Drifting: Environmental Policy in an Era of Open Federalism
Adam M. Wellstead

12. EI and Regional Dynamics in Canada
Peter Graefe

3. The Fragmented Politics of Energy Federalism
Geoffrey Hale

14. The Continuities and Discontinuities of Disentanglement: Federal-Provincial Health Care Dynamics in the Harper Era
Thomas McIntosh

Part IV: Conclusion

15.  Conclusion: Taking Stock of Regional and Federal Dynamics
James Farney and Julie M. Simmons

List of Contributors