'A Justifiable Obsession' : : Conservative Ontario's Relations with Ottawa, 1943-1985 / / Penny Bryden.

'A Justifiable Obsession' traces the evolution of Ontario's relationship with the federal government in the years following the Second World War. Through extensive archival research in both national and provincial sources, P.E. Bryden demonstrates that the province's successive C...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2012
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (340 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. "The 'Keystone' Province": George Drew's Ontario, 1943-1946
  • Chapter Two. "As Long as We Define the Terms": George Drew's Canada, 1946-1948
  • Chapter Three. "Know and Understand the Problems": Leslie Frost Makes His Mark, 1949-1952
  • Chapter Four. "Ontario's Earnest Desire for National Unity": New Policies, New Approaches, 1952-1960
  • Chapter Five. "A Lasting Effect on Confederation Itself": Robarts and the Realignment of Intergovernmental Relations, 1961-1964
  • Chapter Six. "Profound Changes in the Character of Canadian Federalism": Ontario Charts a New Course, 1964-1966
  • Chapter Seven. "See if We Can't Amend the Marriage Contract": The Confederation of Tomorrow Conference and Beyond, 1967-1971
  • Chapter Eight. "Disentanglement" and Megaintergovernmental Politics in Ontario, 1971-1978
  • Chapter Nine. "The Hot Gospel of Confederation": Securing a New Constitution
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index