Carleton University Department of Political Science Fall 2011

PSCI 3005A GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Thursday 8:35-11:25 Please confirm location on Carleton Central

Professor: Dr. Rand Dyck Office: B643 Loeb Office Hours: Wednesday and Thursday, 11:30-12:30 or by appointment E-mail: [email protected]

This course is designed to achieve an understanding of the government and . The first half of the course examines the socio-economic setting, the federal and international contexts, the political culture, political parties, elections, pressure groups, and government institutions. The second half traces the political evolution of the province, with emphasis on recent developments. PSCI 3000 is a companion course dealing with the other provinces.

Method of Evaluation

1. Short essay Due Sept. 29 10%* 2. Mid-term Exam In-class, Oct. 13 25% 3. Major Essay Due Nov. 10 20% 4. Final Exam Dec. 8-21 35% 5. Attendance & Participation 10%

*As per early feedback guidelines, the short essay due Sept. 29th will returned on or before October 20th.

Students are expected to attend every class and risk losing two marks per absence from the ten percent allocated to attendance.

The Short Essay will consist of an article analysis of about seven pages or 2000 words. The Major Essay is to be about 10 pages long, with topics chosen from a list assigned by the instructor. Essays not submitted by the due date will be subject to a penalty of 5% per day.

Text: R. Dyck, Ontario Government and Politics, 2011 (coursepack)

Supplementary Reading: (on reserve in MacOdrum Library)

R. Dyck. Provincial Politics in , 3rd ed. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall, 1996. C. Dunn, ed. Provinces: Canadian Provincial Politics, 2nd ed. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2005. K. Brownsey and M. Howlett, eds. The Provincial State in Canada. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2001. G. White, ed. The Government and Politics of Ontario, 5th ed. : Press, 1997. K. Kozolanka. The Power of Persuasion: the Politics of the New Right in Ontario. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2007. S. Noel, ed. Revolution at Queen’s Park: Essays on Governing Ontario. Toronto: Lorimer, 1997.

Class Schedule and Readings

1. Sept. 8: The Socio-Economic Setting of Ontario Politics (1)

Geography Economy Class

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 1 Dyck, “The Socio-Economic Setting of Ontario Politics,” in White, The Government and Politics of Ontario, 5th ed. Robert MacDermit and Greg Albo, “Divided Province, Growing Protests: Ontario Moves Right,” in Brownsey and Howlett, The Provincial State in Canada Hugh Mackenzie, Banner Year for Canada’s CEOs: Record High Pay Increase, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, January 2009.

2. Sept. 15: The Socio-Economic Setting of Ontario Politics (2)

Ethnicity and Language Religion Gender

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 1 Dyck, “The Socio-Economic Setting of Ontario Politics,” in White, The Government and Politics of Ontario, 5th ed. Cheryl Collier, “Judging Women’s Political Success in the 1990s,” in White, 5th ed. , “Religion-Based Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Challenge to Multiculturalism,” http://www.irpp.org/books/archive/AOTS3/Boyd.pdf

3. Sept. 22: (a) The Federal, Interprovincial, and Global Contexts of Ontario Politics

Federal-Ontario Relations Interprovincial Relations Ontario-Global Relations

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 2 Dyck, “The Position of Ontario in the Canadian Federation,” in R.D. Olling and M.W. Westmacott, eds., Perspectves on Canadian Federalism (Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada, 1988)

Thomas J. Courchene and Colin Telmer, From Heartland to North American Region State: The Social, Fiscal and Federal Evolution of Ontario (Toronto: University of Toronto Centre for Public Management, 1998) Matthew Mendelson, “Big Brother No more: Ontario’s and Canada’s interests are no longer identical,” Literary Review of Canada (October 2010), accessible at reviewcanada.ca

(b) The Ontario Political Culture

The Federal Orientation The Provincial Political Culture Political Participation

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 3 Matthew Mendelson and J. Scott Matthews, “The New Ontario: The Shifting Attitudes of Ontarians toward the Federation,” Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation (February 2010) accessible at http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/8.pdf John Wilson, “The Red Province: Reflections on the Character of the Ontario Political Culture,” in Donald C. MacDonald, The Government and Politics of Ontario, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980). John Wilson, “The Ontario Political Culture at the End of the Century,” in Sid Noel, ed., Revolution at Queen’s Park: Essays on Governing Ontario (Toronto: Lorimer, 1997).

4. Sept. 29: Ontario Elections and Electoral System (short essay due)

Redistribution The Official Election Machinery The Seats-Votes Relationship Party and Election Finance Electoral Behaviour

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 4 Dyck, “Electoral Reform,” in MacDonald, ed., The Government and Politics of Ontario, 2nd ed. (1980). Laura B. Stephenson and Brian Tanguay, Ontario’s Referendum on Proportional Representation: Why Citizens Said No (Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy – Choices, 2009). Geoffrey E. Hale, “Changing Patterns of Party Support in Ontario,” in Noel, Revolution at Queen’s Park: Essays on Governing Ontario

5. Oct. 6: Political Parties and the System (E-DAY: come to this lecture before you vote!)

The Ontario Party System Party Organization Federal-Provincial Party Links Party Leadership Party Ideology

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 5 Dyck, “Relations Between Federal and Provincial Parties, in Brian Tanguay and Alain Gagnon, eds. Canadian Parties in Transition, 2nd ed. (Scarborough: Nelson Canada, 1996). Robert Williams, “Ontario Party Politics in the 1990s: Comfort Meets Conviction,” in White, 5th ed. IRPP, Policy Options, November 2007. Kendra Coulter, “Deep Neoliberal Integration: The Production of Third Way Politics in Ontario,” Studies in Political Economy (Spring 2009).

6. Oct. 13: Midterm Exam

7. Oct. 20: Pressure Groups, Lobbying, and the Mass Media

Pressure Groups Lobbying in Ontario The Mass Media Media Coverage of Election Campaigns

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 6 Mark Winfield, et al., “Public Safety in Private Hands: A Study of Ontario’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority,” Canadian Public Administration (Spring 2002). Henry Jacek, “The New World of Interest-Group Politics in Ontario,” in White, 5th ed. Frederick J. Fletcher and Rose Sottile, “Spinning Tales: Politics and the News in Ontario,” in White, 5th ed. Robert MacDermid, “TV Advertising Campaigns in the 1995 Ontario Election, in Noel, Revolution at Queen’s Park: Essays on Governing Ontario.

8. Oct. 27: Ontario’s Governmental Institutions (1)

The Executive The Legislature The Bureaucracy

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 7. website Graham White, “The Legislature: Central Symbol of Ontario Democracy,” in White, 5th ed. Richard Lareto, “Making and Implementing the Decisions: Issues of Public Administration in the Ontario Government,” White, 5th ed. Christopher Dunn, “Premiers and Cabinets,” in Dunn, Provinces, 2nd ed. (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2006).

9. Nov. 3: (a) Ontario’s Governmental Institutions (2)

The Judiciary Municipal Government

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 7. Carl Barr, “Court Systems in the Provinces,” in Dunn, 2nd ed. David Siegel, “Local Government in Ontario,” in White, 5th ed.

(b) The Political Evolution of Ontario, 1867-1943

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 8. Margaret Evans, Sir (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992). Charles Humphries, Honest Enough to Be Bold: The Life and Times of Sir James Pliny Whitney (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985). Peter Oliver, G. : Ontario Tory (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977).

10. Nov. 10: The Political Evolution of Ontario, 1943-1985 (major essay due)

Progressive Conservatism, 1943-1970 , 1970-1985

Readings: Coursepack, Chs. 8 and 9 Jonathan Manthorpe, The Power and the (Toronto: Macmillan, 1974). A.K. McDougall, John P. Robarts: His Life and Government (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986). Claire Hoy, Bill Davis (Toronto: Methuen, 1985). Rosemary Speirs, Out of the Blue: the Fall of the Tory Dynasty in Ontario (Toronto: Macmillan 1986).

11. Nov. 17: and , 1985-1995

David Peterson, 1985-1990 Bob Rae, 1990-1995

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 9 Dyck, Provincial Politics in Canada (Prentice-Hall Canada, 1986). Georgette Gagnon and Dan Rath, Not Without Cause: David Peterson’s Fall from Grace (Toronto: Harper Collins, 1991). Bob Rae, From Protest to Power: Personal Reflections on a Life in Politics (Toronto: Viking, 1996). Patrick Monahan, Storming the Pink Palace: The NDP in Power – A Cautionary Tale (Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1995).

12. Nov. 24: and , 1995-2003

The Harris Revolution Ernie Eves and the End of the Revolution

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 10 Mark S. Winfield, Blue-Green Province: The Environment and the Political Economy of Ontario (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011). John Ibbitson, Promised Land: Inside the Mike Harris Revolution (Scarborough: Prentice-Hall, 1997). Diana Ralph et al., Open for Business/Closed to People: Mike Harris’s Ontario (Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 1997). Kirsten Kozolanka, The Power of Persuasion: the Politics of the New Right in Ontario (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2007). A. Kranjc, “Whither Ontario’s Environment: Neo-Conservatism and the Decline of the Ministry of the Environment,” Canadian Public Policy (January 2000).

13. Dec. 1: The Dalton McGuinty Counter-Revolution, 2003-2011

Readings: Coursepack, Ch. 10 IRPP, Policy Options, November 2007. Kendra Coulter, “Deep Neoliberal Integration: The Production of Third Way Politics in Ontario,” Studies in Political Economy (Spring 2009). Liberal, PC, and NDP Election Platforms, 2011 Election.

Final Exam: to be scheduled by the Registrar during the formal exam period (Dec. 8-21)

Academic Accommodations

For students with Disabilities: Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations in this course must register with the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (500 University Centre) for a formal evaluation of disability-related needs. Registered PMC students are required to contact the centre (613-520-6608) every term to ensure that the instructor receives your request for accommodation. After registering with the PMC, make an appointment to meet with the instructor in order to discuss your needs at least two weeks before the first assignment is due or the first in-class test/midterm requiring accommodations. If you require accommodation for your formally scheduled exam(s) in this course, please submit your request for accommodation to PMC by November 11, 2011 for December examinations.

For Religious Observance: Students requesting accommodation for religious observances should apply in writing to their instructor for alternate dates and/or means of satisfying academic requirements. Such requests should be made during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist, but no later than two weeks before the compulsory academic event. Accommodation is to be worked out directly and on an individual basis between the student and the instructor(s) involved. Instructors will make accommodations in a way that avoids academic disadvantage to the student. Instructors and students may contact an Equity Services Advisor for assistance (www.carleton.ca/equity).

For Pregnancy: Pregnant students requiring academic accommodations are encouraged to contact an Equity Advisor in Equity Services to complete a letter of accommodation. Then, make an appointment to discuss your needs with the instructor at least two weeks prior to the first academic event in which it is anticipated the accommodation will be required.

Plagiarism: The University Senate defines plagiarism as “presenting, whether intentional or not, the ideas, expression of ideas or work of others as one’s own.” This can include:

reproducing or paraphrasing portions of someone else’s published or unpublished material, regardless of the source, and presenting these as one’s own without proper citation or reference to the original source; submitting a take-home examination, essay, laboratory report or other assignment written, in whole or in part, by someone else; using ideas or direct, verbatim quotations, or paraphrased material, concepts, or ideas without appropriate acknowledgment in any academic assignment; using another’s data or research findings; failing to acknowledge sources through the use of proper citations when using another’s works and/or failing to use quotation marks; handing in "substantially the same piece of work for academic credit more than once without prior written permission of the course instructor in which the submission occurs.

Plagiarism is a serious offence which cannot be resolved directly with the course’s instructor. The Associate Deans of the Faculty conduct a rigorous investigation, including an interview with the student, when an instructor suspects a piece of work has been plagiarized. Penalties are not trivial. They include a mark of zero for the plagiarized work or a final grade of "F" for the course.

Oral Examination: At the discretion of the instructor, students may be required to pass a brief oral examination on research papers and essays.

Submission and Return of Term Work: Papers must be handed directly to the instructor and will not be date-stamped in the departmental office. Late assignments may be submitted to the drop box in the corridor outside B640 Loeb. Assignments will be retrieved every business day at 4 p.m., stamped with that day's date, and then distributed to the instructor. For essays not returned in class please attach a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you wish to have your assignment returned by mail. Please note that assignments sent via fax or email will not be accepted. Final exams are intended solely for the purpose of evaluation and will not be returned.

Grading: Assignments and exams will be graded with a percentage grade. To convert this to a letter grade or to the university 12-point system, please refer to the following table.

Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale 90-100 A+ 12 67-69 C+ 6 85-89 A 11 63-66 C 5 80-84 A- 10 60-62 C- 4 77-79 B+ 9 57-59 D+ 3 73-76 B 8 53-56 D 2 70-72 B- 7 50-52 D- 1

Approval of final grades: Standing in a course is determined by the course instructor subject to the approval of the Faculty Dean. This means that grades submitted by an instructor may be subject to revision. No grades are final until they have been approved by the Dean.

Course Requirements: Failure to write the final exam will result in a grade of ABS. FND (Failure No Deferred) is assigned when a student's performance is so poor during the term that they cannot pass the course even with 100% on the final examination. In such cases, instructors may use this notation on the Final Grade Report to indicate that a student has already failed the course due to inadequate term work and should not be permitted access to a deferral of the examination. Deferred final exams are available ONLY if the student is in good standing in the course.

Connect Email Accounts: All email communication to students from the Department of Political Science will be via Connect. Important course and University information is also distributed via the Connect email system. It is the student’s responsibility to monitor their Connect account.

Carleton Political Science Society: The Carleton Political Science Society (CPSS) has made its mission to provide a social environment for politically inclined students and faculty. Holding social events, debates, and panel discussions, CPSS aims to involve all political science students in the after-hours academic life at . Our mandate is to arrange social and academic activities in order to instill a sense of belonging within the Department and the larger University community. Members can benefit through numerous opportunities which will complement both academic and social life at Carleton University. To find out more, please email [email protected], visit our website at poliscisociety.com, or come to our office in Loeb D688.

Official Course Outline: The course outline posted to the Political Science website is the official course outline.