Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Fiscal Federalism under the Microscope 
André Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne

2. The Struggle for Equity That Saved the Federation
Mary Janigan

3. Fiscal Federalism and the Federal Spending Power: A Legal and Constitutional Analysis
Peter Oliver

4. The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Canada’s Fiscal Arrangements after COVID-19
Trevor Tombe

5. The Canada Health Transfer: Past, Present, and Future
Robin Boadway

6. Ceremonial Fiscal Federalism: Social Assistance and the Canada Social Transfer
Michael J. Prince

7. Living on Equalization Payments: How Hard Is It for Receiving Provinces to Anticipate Future Equalization Revenues?
Marcelin Joanis

8. Canadian Fiscal Federalism and the Provinces’ Natural Resource Revenues
James Feehan

9. Fiscal Federalism, Governance, and Provincial Debt
Kyle Hanniman

10. Fiscal Federalism in Canada’s North: Understanding Territorial Formula Financing
Christopher Yurris, Daniel Béland, and Trevor Tombe

11. Leading the Way: First Nations in Canadian Fiscal Federalism
Donn. L. Feir and David Scoones

12. Long-Term Care Reform in Canada in the Wake of COVID-19: The Poverty of the National Standards Solution
Anthony Breton and Patrik Marier

13. Cities in Canadian Fiscal Federalism: The Forgotten Partner
Enid Slack

14. Coming Full Circle: Federalism and Responsibility for Housing
Steve Pomeroy

15. Public Infrastructure Financing and Multilevel Governance in Canada
Eric Champagne and Aracelly Denise Granja

16. Financing Education in Canada
Jennifer Wallner

17. Child-Care in a Decentralized Federation: Who Pays?
Jennifer Robson

18. Diversity in Adversity: Fiscal Federalism, the Four Atlantic Provinces, and Canada’s Great Demographic Imbalance
Richard Saillant

19. Quebec’s Fiscal Federalism Trilemma
Alain Noël

20. Fiscal Fortunes: An Ontario Perspective on Federal-Provincial Transfers
Tracy Snoddon

21. Canadian Fiscal Federalism and Alberta’s Latest Attempt to Get a Fair(er) Deal
Ken Boessenkool

22. Canadian Fiscal Federalism in Comparative Perspective 
Alan Fenna

23. Conclusion
André Lecours, Daniel Béland, Trevor Tombe, and Eric Champagne

About the Author

André Lecours is a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa.
Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.
Trevor Tombe is a professor of economics and a research fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.
Eric Champagne is an associate professor of public administration at the School of Political Studies and the Director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa.