The Public Purse: A Study in Canadian Democracy

by Norman Ward

This study of parliamentary control of finance in Canada will special emphasis on the period after 1867 is an outgrowth of an interest in the House of Commons on the part of its author which earlier produced The Canadian House of Commons: Representation. The author's main purpose has been to examine the parliamentary side of public expenditure, as distinct from the influence of the Department of Finance and the Auditor General; both these institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487585721
• ISBN13: 9781487585723
• Release Date: December 1951
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher