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

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.'

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments / Dutil, Patrice -- Introduction -- SECTION 1. Structures and Contexts of the Guardian -- 1. The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943-1961 / Brownsey, Keith -- 2. From 'Treasury' to 'Finance': The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961-2001 / Dutil, Patrice / Leonard, Devyn -- 3. Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960-2001 / Lewis, Jp -- SECTION 2. The Guardian in Policy Making -- 4. Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury's Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959-1967 / Bryden, P.E. -- 5. From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario's Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes / Evans, Bryan / Shields, John -- 6. Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968-2003 / Dutil, Patrice / Ryan, Peter / Gossignac, André -- 7. The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public Administration / Bernier, Luc / Facal, Joseph -- SECTION 3. The Guardian and Budget Making -- 8. Coping with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961-1985 / Dufour, Caroline -- 9. Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985-2000 / Ogata, Ken / Spraakman, Gary -- 10. 'Guardian' as 'Spender': Infrastructure Investment, 1960-2005 / Fearon, Gervan -- 11. Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960-2004 / Dutil, Patrice -- Conclusion / Dutil, Patrice -- Contributors -- Backmatter