Room to Manoeuvre? Globalization and Policy Convergence
Thomas J. Courchene (ed.), 1999 (Paper ISBN: 0-88911-812-4 $24.95) (Cloth ISBN: 0-88911-810-8 $55.00)

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgement	. . .	iii
Introduction	. . .	1
Constitutionalizing Neo-Conservatism and Regional Economic Integration: TINA x 2 H.W. Arthurs	. . .	17
Constitutionalizing Neo-Conservatism and Regional Economic Integration: Comments Daniel Schwanen	. . .	75
Summary of Discussion	. . .	83
The “Culture” of Multinational Corporations and the Implications for Canada Louis W. Pauly	. . .	89
The “Culture” of Multinational Corporations and the Implications for Canada: Comments Maureen Appel Molot	. . .	117
Summary of Discussion	. . .	137
Canadian Information/Culture Policy in the Information Age: Mediums are the Message Leonard Waverman	. . .	141
Canadian Information/Culture Policy in the Information Age: Comments Dale Orr	. . .	179
Summary of Discussion	. . .	187
Regulatory Diplomacy: Why Rhythm Beats Harmony in the Trade Regime Robert Wolfe	. . .	191
Diplomacy and the Discovery of New Rules for the Trading System Klaus Stegemann	. . .	239
Summary of Discussion	. . .	256
Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life William Watson	. . .	259
Towards a North American Common Currency: An Optimal Currency Area Analysis Thomas J. Courchene	. . .	271
Towards a North American Common Currency: Comments Richard G. Harris	. . .	335
Summary of Discussion	. . .	340
National Tax Policy for an International Economy: Divergence in a Converging World? Nancy Olewiler	. . .	345
National Tax Policy for an International Economy: Comments Robin Boadway	. . .	383
Summary of Discussion	. . .	390
The Canadian Financial Sector in the Information Age John F. Chant	. . .	395
Canadian Financial Regulation in the Information Age Edwin H. Neave	. . .	431
Summary of Discussion	. . .	439
Room to Manoeuvre: Rapporteur’s Remarks Jack M. Mintz	. . .	445
Contributors

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INTRODUCTION

The overarching theme of the Bell Canada Papers has been the influence of globalization and the information revolution on economic and public policy. In the sixth Bell Canada Papers Conference, attention was directed to the degree of policy flexibility that Canada has in this progressively global and information era.

Session I provides a wide-ranging survey of how North American integration impinges on a myriad of key policy areas and how this may influence Canada’s room to manoeuvre. Session II focuses on the degree to which multinationals carry their home-country corporate culture and practices to their host-country environment. Session III addresses the telecomputational revolution and what it implies for Canadian policy in an information age. Session IV reflects on the on-going unbundling of post-war “embedded liberalism” and suggests alternative approaches in terms of which domestic regulatory sovereignty can be made consistent with the greater interplay of market forces ushered in by globalization. Session V articulates some principles and practices through which the Canadian tax system can be rendered consistent with domestic priorities on the one hand and challenges of economic integration and the increased information content of GDP on the other. In light of the introduction of the EURO as the common European Currency, session VI assesses the pros and cons of a Canada/US common currency. The final session grapples with the on-going Canadian policy challenge relating to the future evolution of the Canadian financial system. An integrative assessment of the conference proceedings rounds out this timely volume.

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