The Guardian : : Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario,1961-2003 / / Patrice Dutil.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Dutil, Patrice,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments /; Introduction --; SECTION 1. Structures and Contexts of the Guardian --; 1. The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943-1961 /; 2. From 'Treasury' to 'Finance': The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001 /; 3. Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001 /; SECTION 2. The Guardian in Policy Making --; 4. Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury's Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959-1967 /; 5. From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario's Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes /; 6. Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968-2003 /; 7. The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public Administration /; SECTION 3. The Guardian and Budget Making --; 8. Coping with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985 /; 9. Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000 /; 10. 'Guardian' as 'Spender': Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005 /; 11. Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960-2004 /; Conclusion /; Contributors --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442694262; 9783110667691; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442694262
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Patrice Dutil.

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.'