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- Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalism
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of Ottawa Press
- Series: Governance Series
summary
In 2004, Paul Martin asked Justice John Gomery to lead a public inquiry into potential misspending in the federal Sponsorship Program, a relatively small investment of taxpayers' money to try to convince Quebeckers of the benefits of Canadian federalism in the aftermath of the 1995 referendum on Quebec separation.
The Gomery inquiry chose to focus exclusively on the sordid details of the money laundering and paid no attention to the deeper causes and sources of the problem: the dysfunctions of an existing centralized governing apparatus that is tearing the fabric of the country apart and the collusion of centralizing groups defending the status quo.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- The $100 Million Mirage
- pp. 11-19
- The Fabric of Society
- pp. 19-26
- The Quail Enigma
- pp. 27-40
- Gomery I: Flawed from the Beginning
- pp. 41-52
- What Justice Gomery Failed to See
- pp. 75-96
- Conclusion
- pp. 97-112
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 113-114
- References
- pp. 115-120
Additional Information
ISBN
9780776616049
Related ISBN(s)
9780776606415
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
243568365
Pages
137
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No