Federalism and the Canadian Economic Union / / ed. by Michael J. Trebilcock, J. Robert S. Prichard, T.J. Courchene, John Whalley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Benedickson, Jamie,; Courchene, Thomas J.,; Graham, W.C.,; Laskin, John B.,; Melvin, J.R.,; Ness, Ian,; Penny, Michael,; Rogerson, Carol,; S. Prichard, J. Robert,; Schwartz, Warren F.,; Thirsk, Wayne R.,; Trebilcock, Michael J.,; Whalley, John,
• HerausgeberIn: Courchene, T.J.,; Prichard, J. Robert S. ,; Trebilcock, Michael J.,; Whalley, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1938
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (576 p.)

This volume focuses on the issues involved in securing an internal common market within Canada. The first part addresses some underlying analytical issues. Why do barriers exist? Are federations likely to be characterized by more internal barriers than are unitary states? Part Two documents many of the impediments at both the provincial and federal level. An attempt is then made to quantify the costs of these impediments. Part Three presents a comparison of various types of barriers across different federalisms (i.e., labour mobility, tax harmonization, regional development strategies). The final part focuses on constitutional and other avenues that may be open to implement policies designed to increase harmonization of policies. The conclusion is devoted to establishing an agenda for future research. The papers included here were originally presented at a conference sponsored jointly by the Ontario Economic Council and the Canada-U.S. Law Institute.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Part One: Theory and concepts -- 1. Securing the Canadian economic union: federalism and internal barriers to trade -- 2. Analytical perspectives on the Canadian economic union -- 3. Political structure and the pursuit of economic objectives -- Part Two: Evidence -- 4. Induced distortions of interprovincial activity: an overview of issues -- 5. The impact of federal policies on interprovincial activity -- 6. Provincially induced barriers to trade in Canada: a survey -- Part Three: Comparative perspectives -- 7. Government procurement policies: GATT, the EEC, and the United States -- 8. Regulation of industrial subsidies in the EEC, the United States, and GATT -- 9. Fiscal harmonization in the United States, Australia, West Germany, Switzerland, and the EEC -- 10. Personal mobility in the United States and the EEC -- Part Four: Proposals ans conclusions -- 11. Existing and proposed constitutional constraints on provincially induced barriers to economic mobility in Canada -- 12. Summary and implications