In the energy sector of Canadian economic and political life, power has a double meaning. It is quintessentially about the generation of power and physical energy. However, it is also about political power, the energy of the economy, and thus the overall governance of Canada. Power Switch offers a critical examination of the changing nature of energy regulatory governance, with a particular focus on Canada in the larger contexts of the George W. Bush administration's aggressive energy policies and within North American energy markets. Focusing on the key institutions and complex regimes of regulation, Bruce Doern and Monica Gattinger look at specific regulatory bodies such as the National Energy Board, the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, and the Ontario Energy Board. They also examine the complex systems of rule making that develop as traditional energy regulation interacts and often collides with environmental and climate change regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Power Switch is one of the first accounts in many years of Canada's overall energy regulatory system.

The Canada Council for the Arts is the country’s largest provider of grants for artists and arts organizations, benefiting not only writers, visual artists, performers, and musicians but Canadian culture as a whole. In The Roots of Culture, the Power of Art Monica Gattinger outlines the history of the Canada Council, the impetus for its foundation, and the ongoing debate about its goals and impact. Tracing the Council’s gradual shift from focusing on artistic supply and building the roots of Canadian arts and culture in its early years to its expanded focus on the power of the arts in society over time, Gattinger describes how leaders have navigated core tensions inherent in the Council’s activities. She examines the arguments for and against “art for art’s sake” and pursuing broader social and economic aims through the arts, as well as the inherent political conflicts between serving the needs of the artistic community and the needs of Canadian society, between leadership and followership, between autonomy and collaboration, and between emerging and established artistic practices. Combining lively storytelling with insightful analysis, and beautifully produced with dozens of photos of the art, people, and events that have shaped the organization through the years, The Roots of Culture, the Power of Art is essential reading for those with an interest in Canadian arts and culture and cultural policy.

Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved substantially and that traditional rationales for state intervention no longer apply. The concept of cultural citizenship is a relative newcomer to the cultural policy landscape, and offers a potentially compelling alternative rationale for government intervention in the cultural sector. Likewise, the articulation and use of cultural indicators and of governance concepts are also new arrivals, emerging as potentially powerful tools for policy and program development. Accounting for Culture is a unique collection of essays from leading Canadian and international scholars that critically examines cultural citizenship, cultural indicators, and governance in the context of evolving cultural practices and cultural policy-making. It will be of great interest to scholars of cultural policy, communications, cultural studies, and public administration alike.

Le Conseil des arts du Canada est le plus important organisme subventionnaire au pays pour les artistes et les organismes artistiques. Ce sont non seulement les écrivains, les praticiens des arts visuels, les interprètes et les musiciens qui en bénéficient, mais aussi l’ensemble de la culture au Canada. Dans Les fondements de la culture, le pouvoir de l’art, Monica Gattinger relate l’histoire du Conseil en rappelant l’élan à l’origine de sa fondation et en présentant le débat au fil des ans à propos de ses objectifs et de son incidence. Retraçant l’évolution graduelle du Conseil, depuis la priorité que l’organisme a accordé au soutien à l'offre artistique et à l'établissement de la culture et des arts au Canada, jusqu’à son intérêt élargi pour le pouvoir des arts au sein de la société, Gattinger décrit la façon dont ses dirigeants ont maîtrisé les tensions fondamentales inhérentes aux activités du Conseil. Elle étudie les arguments pour et contre « l’art pour l’art » et la poursuite d'objectifs économiques et sociaux plus larges par le biais des arts, les éventuels conflits politiques entre le fait de servir les besoins de la communauté artistique et ceux de la société canadienne, entre « leadership » et « followership », entre autonomie et collaboration, et entre les pratiques artistiques émergentes et les pratiques établies. Alliant la vivacité du récit et la profondeur de l’analyse, magnifiquement illustré par des dizaines de photographies des œuvres d’art, des personnes et des événements qui ont marqué l’organisme au fil des ans, Les fondements de la culture, le pouvoir de l’art constitue une lecture essentielle pour ceux et celles qui s’intéressent aux arts, à la culture et à la politique culturelle du Canada.

This white paper reports on the results of a year-long interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at identifying and summarizing extant research regarding social licence and related concepts, with a particular emphasis on understanding its implications for public acceptance of energy projects in Canada, and their related regulatory processes.

Trade and investment policies face a changing geopolitical environment. They also face challenges from the interactions and limits of Canada’s multiple trade agreements with other countries. These challenges take on varied forms in different sectors that involve the bordering of energy trade, food safety, and related environmental and public health issues. Similarly, bordering dynamics differ significantly for cross border flows of tourism, skilled labour, and irregular migration. This book uncovers and analyzes factors that govern economic activity and human interaction across Canada’s “fluid” border. The contributors to this collection engage major domestic political, technical, and administrative factors that shape the conditions for and constraints on effective international policy and regulatory cooperation. Published in English.