Then and now: intergovernmental relations

Nelson Wiseman's most recent book, 1950s Canada: Politics and Public Affairs, devotes one section in every chapter to intergovernmental relations as these play a central role in Canadian politics.

Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis, seen delivering a speech in 1950, accused Ottawa of trying to use tax rental deals in peacetime to change the federal system to one of 'trusteeship,' making Quebec an 'auxiliary government,' appropriate for 'drunks, imbeciles, and people incapable of looking after themselves.' Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY Nelson Wiseman

March 22, 2023

TORONTO—Today’s intergovernmental issues are old wine in new bottles, byproducts of past decisions and experiences. Although the conditions or circumstances of past and present are quite different, past practice quite remarkably continues to resonate in public policy and...

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