The Public Purse : A Study in Canadian Democracy /

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The book demonstrates how erratic the Commons' record has been, ranging from the good to the very bad, and while recent developments in the House appearing promising, they do not yet offer convincing evidence of a permanent change towards effective scrutiny by it of expenditure by the executive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ward, Norman, 1918-1990 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, [1951]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Canada. > Parliament. > House of Commons.
Canada. > Parliament. > House of Commons > History.
Finance, Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Finances publiques > Canada > Histoire.
Finance, Public > Canada > History.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; PREFACE; A NOTE ON THE DOCUMENTATION; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE POWER OF THE PURSE BEFORE CONFEDERATION; 3 CONFEDERATION AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT; 4 THE SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1867-78; 5 THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE AND THE AUDITOR GENERAL, 1879-90; 6 THE SCANDAL SESSIONS, 1891-6; 7 THE AUDITOR GENERAL VERSUS THE LIBERAL ADMINISTRATION, 1896-1905; 8 A NEW AUDITOR GENERAL AND AN OLD COMMITTEE, 1905-11; 9 THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE WAR, 1911-21; 10 THE NADIR OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE, 1921-39; 11 THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-45; 12 THE POST-WAR PERIOD, 1946-60
  • 13 THE GRANTING OF SUPPLY BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR14 THE GRANTING OF SUPPLY SINCE THE FIRST WORLD WAR; 15 THE RECORD AND THE FUTURE; APPENDIX: THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT, 1951, AND AMENDMENTS; INDEX

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