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{"title":"Preparedness and crisis-driven policy change: COVID-19, digital readiness, and information technology professionals in Canadian local government","authors":"Zachary Spicer,&nbsp;Joseph Lyons,&nbsp;Morgan Calvert","doi":"10.1111/capa.12517","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12517","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article explores the pandemic-induced transition to electronic municipal council meetings in Ontario, Canada as an instance of crisis-driven policy change. Employing survey data of information technology (IT) professionals and a critical case study, this research probes the notion that crises, like pandemics, can not only create windows for policy change, but also draw attention to the many often overlooked operational elements of government, including the increasingly important policy role played by IT professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 2","pages":"176-190"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.12517","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46700837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Access to information research in the digital era","authors":"Alex Luscombe,&nbsp;Jamie Duncan","doi":"10.1111/capa.12518","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12518","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;In the four decades since Canada's &lt;i&gt;Access to Information Act&lt;/i&gt; (1983) came into force, the massive proliferation of digital technologies has prompted significant transformations in the operations of modern governments. The impacts of this digital era on access to information (ATI) research in Canada—by which we mean both research &lt;i&gt;on&lt;/i&gt; ATI law (and its administration) as well as research &lt;i&gt;using&lt;/i&gt; ATI law (to generate data)—have not received the scholarly attention they deserve. In this short article, we focus on describing the pervasive digital environment that Canada's ATI system operates in and what this means for future ATI research and practice. We begin by tracing how the digitization of government has caused shifts in the administration of Canada's ATI regime before reflecting on some of the implications of these changes for the current and future state of ATI research. A core point of contention is that the future of ATI in Canada and elsewhere is productively understood through the lens of data politics—the notion that all decisions to collect, share, or use data are intractably political (Bigo et al., &lt;span&gt;2019&lt;/span&gt;). We conclude by proposing several research questions that can help guide future ATI research in the era of digital government.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The production and control of information is tantamount to the everyday work of governance (Pettigrew, &lt;span&gt;1972&lt;/span&gt;). In the era of “digital government” (Clarke et al., &lt;span&gt;2017&lt;/span&gt;; Lindquist, &lt;span&gt;2022&lt;/span&gt;), it is increasingly difficult if not impossible to think of a single governance function that is not digitized in some way. As many early proponents of “e-government” argued (Silcock, &lt;span&gt;2001&lt;/span&gt;), the adoption of digital technologies in the public sector can enable more effective, democratic, and participatory bureaucratic processes. At the same time, trends in digital government “challenge traditional notions of administration, management, organization, accountability, and engagement” in ways not yet fully examined and understood by academic researchers (Gil-Garcia et al., &lt;span&gt;2018&lt;/span&gt;: 633). The digitization of Canadian governance is reshaping the use and administration of federal ATI law in at least two ways.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;First, the information that governments produce, both for purposes of internal and external communication, is increasingly “born-digital” (DeLuca, &lt;span&gt;2020&lt;/span&gt;: 5). Regarding ATI, this has implications for how government information is preserved, retrieved, and processed for disclosure. To reduce burdens to the ATI system, it is now more feasible to release large volumes of information through proactive disclosure. The Trudeau government's most recent &lt;i&gt;Access to Information Act&lt;/i&gt; reform bill, which achieved royal assent in 2018, introduced into Canadian law “the principle of ‘open by default’ in the digital age by making key information available proactively, without the need to make a request” (Canada, &lt;span&gt;2019&lt;/span&gt;; ","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 2","pages":"268-276"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.12518","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48419571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reviewers Évaluateurs","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/capa.12516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12516","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50140336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Issue Information - IPAC","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/capa.12476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12476","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"149"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.12476","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50140338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Appraising Canada's 1979 Indian Health Policy: Informing co-development of distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation","authors":"Angela Mashford-Pringle,&nbsp;Denise Webb","doi":"10.1111/capa.12512","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12512","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aiming to improve the health of First Nations in 1979, the federal government implemented the Indian Health Policy to strengthen community development and the relationship with First Nations peoples, and nurture a trilateral relationship in the healthcare landscape. The Indian Health Policy remains the foundation for First Nations health policy and program development today, even without ever having an implementation plan. We critically appraise the Indian Health Policy to identify gaps and evaluate its impact and progress on subsequent policy evaluations, developments, and recent events in light of the new distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation underway. Based on our findings, we provide recommendations to inform the federal government's efforts to co-develop distinctions-based Indigenous health legislation.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"62-77"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.12512","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44765345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reforming Canada's federal health-care funding arrangements","authors":"Daniel Béland,&nbsp;Trevor Tombe","doi":"10.1111/capa.12514","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12514","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Federal health-care funding has long been a source of policy debate in this country, a situation exacerbated recently by the COVID-19 pandemic and the premiers' calls for a large expansion of the Canada Health Transfer. In this article, we explore four potential pathways policy-makers might consider in order to improve federal health-care funding. These potential pathways should allow policy-makers to consider how to adapt to changing circumstances while addressing citizens' concerns and the demands of provincial/territorial governments. We do not support one or another of these policy pathways. Instead, we explain what they are and what impact they could have.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"28-44"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.12514","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41412316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How did the disclosure of lobbying targeting Quebec's hospitals become mandatory and with what effect?","authors":"Mathieu Ouimet,&nbsp;Justin Savoie,&nbsp;Éric Montigny","doi":"10.1111/capa.12515","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12515","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2015 mandatory disclosure activity for lobbying that targeted health and social service centres in Quebec, a sector which consumes a significant share of the annual spending budget, suddenly became a mandatory disclosure activity for lobbyists operating in the province. This research note traces the trajectory of key events that led to this shift towards greater lobbying transparency in the health care sector. The study also analyzes whether this change was followed by increased lobbying registrations for activities targeting health sector institutions. The article's findings suggest that significant change in lobbying regulation may occur accidentally, against the government's will, rather than as a result of an ethical scandal, cross-jurisdictional learning, or electoral calculations, as the literature suggests. The article's findings also show that the change was followed by an increase of about 969 registered firm lobbyists (p-value 0.015) and 254 registered lobbyists from covered NGOs (p-value 0.00).</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"130-147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.12515","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47435549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating the space between politics and administration: The informal practices of Ontario school board trustees","authors":"Adam Payler,&nbsp;Anthony Piscitelli,&nbsp;Sean Geobey","doi":"10.1111/capa.12513","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12513","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Through interviews with 25 school board trustees in Ontario, this article contributes to the growing literature that explores the politics-administration dichotomy at the local government level in Canada. While existing literature is oriented from the perspective of the local government administrator, we examine the relations between local government politicians and administrators from the orientation of the former to determine how they navigate the dichotomy, particularly in a context where it is arguably more contested. We identify six informal practices trustees adopt in representing constituents and confronting tensions inherent in their role, namely: <i>navigating, influencing, listening, translating, informing</i>, and <i>uploading</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"114-129"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49049825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A shift towards collaboration: Examining practitioner's economic development practices in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Jesse Sutton,&nbsp;Godwin Arku,&nbsp;Catherine Oosterbaan","doi":"10.1111/capa.12509","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12509","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Regional collaboration has been suggested as a more effective way to promote economic development than competitive approaches. In Ontario, despite attempts by the provincial government to encourage regional collaboration, research finds that municipalities are still engaging in inter-territorial competition. In this article, we conducted interviews with thirty-seven practitioners to determine if economic development practices in Ontario have shifted towards more collaborative approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article finds that regional collaboration, as an economic development practice, has intensified in the province during the recent pandemic. Practitioners noted three reasons for engaging in regional collaboration: pool resources, reduce duplication, and complete regionally task-oriented goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"96-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48283607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How do municipal mayors and councillors communicate with other levels of government? Evidence from a multi-level survey of Canadian elected officials","authors":"Gabriel Eidelman,&nbsp;Jack Lucas","doi":"10.1111/capa.12510","DOIUrl":"10.1111/capa.12510","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While past research suggests that informal processes of dialogue play an important role in municipal intergovernmental relations in Canada, we currently know very little about their character and frequency. Who do local elected officials communicate with, and through which channels? And which municipal voices carry the most weight in these conversations? This article answers these questions from the perspective of elected politicians themselves, using a pan-Canadian survey of municipal, provincial, and federal elected representatives. Our findings confirm that municipal intergovernmental relations depend heavily on informal institutions and personal relationships and highlight the key role of municipal mayors as spokespersons and advocates for municipalities in Canadian federalism.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"66 1","pages":"78-95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47469711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}