The Guardian: Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario,1961-2003

Contents\nAcknowledgments\nIntroduction\nSECTION 1. Structures and Contexts of the Guardian\n1. The House Frost Built: Institutional Change and the Department of Treasury, 1943–1961\n2. From ‘Treasury’ to ‘Finance’: The Anatomy of a Guardian, 1961–2001\n3. Priority Setters and Guardians: The Relationships between Premiers and Treasurers in Ontario, 1960–2001\nSECTION 2. The Guardian in Policy Making\n4. Intergovernmental Guardians: Treasury’s Role in Setting the National Agenda, 1959–1967\n5. From Pragmatism to Neoliberalism: Ontario’s Hesitant Farewell to Dr Keynes\n6. Thoughts into Words: The Budget Speech, 1968–2003\n7. The Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Exception in Canadian Public Administration\nSECTION 3. The Guardian and Budget Making\n8. Coping with Complexity: Innovation and Resistance in Crafting the Expenditure Budget, 1961–1985\n9. Budget Making in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, 1985–2000\n10. ‘Guardian’ as ‘Spender’: Infrastructure Investment, 1960–2005\n11. Guardians in Check: The Impact of Health Care on the Ontario Budget, 1960–2004\nConclusion\nContributors