University of British Columbia Press
Blue-Green Province
The Environment and the Political Economy of Ontario
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Blue-Green Province
The Environment and the Political Economy of Ontario
In Blue-Green Province, Mark Winfield takes a long-overdue look at the crucial relationship between Ontario’s environmental policy and its politics and economy. Covering the period from the Progressive Conservative “dynasty” that dominated Ontario politics from the mid-1940s to the mid-1980s, through the subsequent Peterson, Rae, Harris, Eves, and McGuinty governments, Winfield offers a trenchant analysis of the effects of these administrations’ dramatically different ideologies on Ontario’s environment and politics. Timely and original, Blue-Green Province is the first comprehensive study of environmental policy in Ontario. It will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in Ontario’s environmental and economic future.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 The Environment and the Dynasty
3 The Environment and Ontario’s Quiet Revolution
4 Sustainable Development, Restructuring, and Recession
5 The Environment and the Common Sense Revolution
6 From Walkerton to McGuinty
7 The Dynasty Redux?
8 Conclusions
Epilogue: The October 2011 Election and Its Implications for Ontario’s Environment and Economy
Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index