Against the Tide : : Battling for Economic Renewal in Newfoundland and Labrador / / J. Douglas House.
Following his appointment by Premier Brian Peckford in 1985 to chair a Royal Commission on Employment and Unemployment, Douglas House was seconded to head the Economic Recovery Commission in 1989. This body was formed during the premiership of Clyde Wells to address the need for significant social a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Map 1. Regional Economic Development Island of Newfoundland
- Map 2. Regional Economic Development Labrador
- 1. Prologue: Reflections on a Royal Commission
- 2. Vision: The New Economy in Newfoundland and Labrador
- 3. Reality: The System and the People
- 4. Appointment and Demotion
- 5. Bureaucratic Obstruction
- 6. Battling Back: From Frontal Attack to Guerrilla Warfare
- 7. The Rise and Fall of ENL and the Enterprise Network
- 8. Battling the Federal System: Income-Security Reform
- 9. An Attempted Coup and the New Regional Economic Development
- 10. The Purge of the ERC
- 11. Victory: A New Paradigm for Development
- 12. Conclusion: What Is to Be Done?
- Appendix 1: Members of the ERC
- Appendix 2: Mandate of the ERC
- Appendix 3: ENL Is Not a Bank
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index