The economic consequences of Quebec sovereignty /
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| Author / Creator: | Grady, Patrick |
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| Imprint: | Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Fraser Institute, c1991. |
| Description: | xvi, 168 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1347943 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Canada at the Cross Roads. National Crisis. The Federal Government Response. Keeping Canada Together. The Constitutional Future of a Canada without Quebec. The Pressing Need to Understand the Economic Consequences of Quebec Sovereignty. A Roadmap for the Book
- Ch. 2. What Others Have Said. The Surplus from Confederation. General Equilibrium Analysis. Fiscal Balance Studies. Trade Flows. Studies by Major Financial Institutions. Toronto Dominion Bank. Merrill-Lynch. Bank of Montreal. First Boston Corporation. A Quebec Currency. Financing Government Deficits and Debt. Uncertainty
- Ch. 3. The Belanger-Campeau's Sovereigntist Economic Studies. Study 1: "The Maintenance of Access to External Markets: Some Judicial Questions Raised under the Hypothesis of Quebec Sovereignty" / Ivan Bernier. Study 2: "The Access of Quebec to External Markets and the Canadian Economic Space" / the Secretariat. Study 3: "An Examination of Quebec Trade with the Other Canadian Provinces, the United States, and the Rest of the World" / Pierre-Paul Proulx and Guilain Cauchy. Study 4: "The Question of Employment in Quebec: the Photo and the Film" / Pierre Fortin. Study 5: "International Financial Integration and the Political Interdependence of National Macroeconomic Policies" / Daniel Racette. Study 6: "The Monetary Options of a Sovereign Quebec" / Bernard Fortin. Study 7: "An Analysis of the Fiscal and Budgetary Activities of the Federal Government: The Evolution and Interprovincial Comparisons" / the Secretariat. Study 8: "The Presence of the Federal Government in Quebec: Federal Transfer Programs to the Provinces, the Functioning and Recent Evolution" / Ministry of Finance of Quebec. Study 9: "A Pro Forma Analysis of Public Finances under the Hypothesis of Quebec Sovereignty" / the Secretariat
- Ch. 4. The Economic Viability of a Sovereign Quebec. Recent Performance and Prospects of the Quebec Economy. Performance. Prospects. Population growth. Industrial structure and interregional trade links. External balance and debt. Economic comparisons with the rest of Canada. International economic comparisons of GDP and population. Fiscal deficits and public debt of a sovereign Quebec. Fiscal comparisons with other provinces. The impact of uncertainty over sovereignty on Quebec's borrowing costs. An overall assessment of the viability of a sovereign Quebec
- Ch. 5. The Bottom Line for Quebec Sovereignty. Canada's prosperity threatened by Quebec sovereignty. Sovereignty-association is a non-starter. No customs union. Maybe a monetary union. Confrontation over the division of debt. Reductions in the public service. Elimination of federal fiscal transfers. The end of bilingualism. Higher telephone rates for Quebec. Territorial disputes. Upheaval in the transition. Disruption in the medium and longer run. Quebec. The rest of Canada. An estimate of the bottom line. A last warning.