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P ARLIAMENT AND P UBLIC P OLICY : W HAT ' S TO BE DONE ? P ROFESSOR C.E.S. (N ED ) F RANKS I NSIDE O TTAWA : B ACK TO S CHOOL September 9, 2009 **All information contained in the presentation is copyright of C.E.S. Franks **
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Table I - Provincial Budgets 2008-9 ProvincePopulationGross Budget (millions)$/Person% Greater than Ontario British Columbia4,413,973$37,690$8,538.7913.69% Alberta3,497,881$33,783$9,658.1328.59% Saskatchewan1,006,644$9,107$9,046.8920.46% Manitoba1,193,566$12,227$10,244.0936.40% Ontario12,861,940$96,600$7,510.530.00% Quebec7,730,612$63,855$8,260.029.98% New Brunswick751,250$7,085$9,430.9525.57% PEI139,089$1,284$9,231.5022.91% Nova Scotia935,573$8,128$8,687.7215.67% Newfoundland and Labrador508,099$5,833$11,480.0552.85% Total or Average33,038,627$275,592$9,208.8722.61% Federal Government33,143,610$239.6$7,229.15 Source: Provincial, Federal, Budgets 08-09 EQUAL LEVELS OF SERVICE?
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EMERGNG POLICY ISSUES Table II - Provincial GDP and Budgets Province GDP 2007 (millions) GDP per Person (2007) % of Ontario (GDP per person; Ontario = 100) Expenditures (% Prov GDP) British Columbia190,214$43,09495.23%19.81% Alberta259,941$74,314164.23%13.00% Saskatchewan51,166$50,828112.33%17.80% Manitoba48,586$40,70789.96%25.17% Ontario582,019$45,251100.00%16.60% Quebec298,157$38,56885.23%21.42% New Brunswick26,410$35,15577.69%26.83% PEI4,538$32,62772.10%28.29% Nova Scotia33,296$35,58978.65%24.41% Newfoundland and Labrador29,034$57,142126.28%20.09% Canada1,531,427$46,353102.43%19.87% Source: StatsCan PROVINCIAL INEQUALITIES - A CHANGING CONFEDERATION
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Table III: Success Rate on Government Bills, 1945-2009 Prime MinisterYears% Royal Assent King-St. Laurent1945-195796.20% Pearson1963-6890.80% Trudeau1968-197968.50% Trudeau1980-198478.10% Mulroney1984-199372.80% Chretien1993-200469.50% Martin2004-200560.81% Harper2006-20088.27% Harper200948.15% SUCCESS OF GOVERNMENT BILLS HAS DECLINED MARKEDLY…
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…AS HAVE THE NUMBER OF SITTING DAYS PER YEAR Table IV: Average Number of House of Commons Sitting Days per Year 1969-2008 Time PeriodAverage Sitting Days (/year) 1969-1973163 1974-1978156 1980-1983139 1984-1988163 1989-1993115 1994-1998124 1999-2003115 2004-2008105
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