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I. Understanding Business-Government Relations in Canada1

Chapter 1. Introduction3

Ours Is A Changing World3

The Strategic Problem for Business and Government10

Implications for Management14

Suggested Further Readings17

Chapter 2. A Brief Historical Background19

The Early Years: Nation-Building or Empire-Building?20

The Evolution of a Business-Nation22

The Halcyon Days of C. D. Howe: Come and Gone25

Implications for Management29

Suggested Further Readings31

Chapter 3. Environmental Framework33

The Canadian Inheritance33

An Economic Culture35

Implications for Management36

Suggested Further Readings39

II. The Players41

Chapter 4. Business in Canada43

Economic Concentration45

Foreign Direct Investment, Ownership, and Control52

Suggested Further Readings60

Chapter 5. The Myth of A Business Ideology61

Origins of the Business Ideology63

Challenges to the Business Ideology63

New Managerial Ideology64

Business and Government64

Ideology and Free Trade66

Implications for Management67

Suggested Further Readings70

Chapter 6. Government in Canada71

Government Intervention: All in the Public Interest71

Financing the State73

Government Structure and the Policy-Making Process78

Instruments of Government Policy84

Economic Regulation (and Deregulation)88

New Role for the Judiciary92

Implications for Management93

Suggested Further Readings95

Chapter 7. Crown Corporations: Canadian Public Enterprise97

In the Beginning98

Types of Public Enterprise100

Pragmatic Instrument of Public Policy102

Privatization of Public Assets105

Implications for Management109

Suggested Further Readings111

III. Interpreting Business-Government Relations113

Chapter 8. The Current State of Business-Government Relations115

The Interpretive Approach116

The Role of Elites118

Challenges to the Conventional Wisdom128

Implications for Management132

Suggested Further Readings135

Chapter 9. The Right Kind of Government Intervention137

What Is the Wrong Kind?137

Determinants of Elite Attitudes: Career Experience139

Determinants of Elite Attitudes: Frequency of Interaction140

Implications for Management141

Suggested Further Readings146

IV. Managing Business-Government Relations147

Chapter 10. Business Dealing With Government149

Blunders, Blunders, Blunders150

Government Targets-Pluralism and Constituencies152

Government Targets-Technocrats, Central Agents, and Political Administration154

Reactive Business Tactics: The Adversarial Model156

Proactive Business Tactics: The Accommodation Model163

Implications for Management170

Suggested Further Readings172

Chapter 11. Government Dealing With Business173

Bailouts and Corporate Welfare173

Normative Levels of Business Influence176

Colored Papers and Traditional Consultation178

Tripartism179

Free Trade and the New Consultation182

Implications for Management183

Suggested Further Readings186

V. Challenges for Business and Government in the 1990s187

Chapter 12. The Quest for an Industrial Strategy189

The National Policy-110 Years190

Regional Economic Development194

Picking Winners-A False Start199

The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement202

Implications for Management210

Suggested Further Readings216

Chapter 13. Business As Moral Agent-A Note217

Corporate Social Responsibility Revisited218

Business and the Natural Environment219

Business Ethics: Do the Ends Justify the Means?221

Implications for Management222

Suggested Further Readings224

Chapter 14. Not The Conclusion-But A New Beginning225

Strategically Managing the Business-Government Interface in the 1990s-Back to First Principles225

The Future of Canadian Business-Government Relations-Two Solitudes or a National Partnership?227

VI. Cases229

1. Consumers Gas and the Ontario Energy Board231

2. Note on the Trucking Industry237

3. Cal-Net Telecommunications Ltd.245

4. RSR Road Surface Recycling Inc.251

5. Bill C-51: The Tobacco Products Control Act257

6. The Ontario Hearing Aid Association276

7. Note on the Ontario Wine Industry281

8. Bell Canada and the CRTC289

Index296