BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251007T090244EDT-8484vU7Lr4@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251007T130244Z DESCRIPTION:This talk by Prof. Daniel Béland is part of our Winter 2020 Pol icy Lecture series. These academic talks are intended for 91ºÚÁÏÍø students\ , alumni and faculty.\n\nHow should federal money be distributed to Canada ’s provinces? The federal equalization program attempts to address fiscal disparities between provinces. In part because of its explicitly redistrib utive nature\, equalization is a source of political controversy. The rhet oric of equalization critics such as Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has beco me increasingly contentious at a time when the federal program features pr ominently in debates over issues such as carbon pricing and pipeline build ing. How can we make sense of these recent developments? What is the futur e of equalization in Canada and what steps can we take to improve the prog ram\, from a political standpoint? The answers to these questions are not straightforward but addressing them now is particularly vital in the conte xt of a Trudeau Liberal minority government that faces increasing pressure s to reform fiscal federalism in Canada.\n\nRegister Here.\n\nAbout Daniel Béland :\n\nDaniel Béland is Director of the 91ºÚÁÏÍø Institute for the Stu dy of Canada and James 91ºÚÁÏÍø Professor at the Department of Political Sci ence at 91ºÚÁÏÍø. A student of politics and public policy\, he is currently working on research projects focusing on issues ranging from universal soc ial policy and health care reform to the role of ideas in policy developme nt and the relationship between fiscal policy and welfare state developmen t.\n\nProfessor Béland holds a PhD in Political Sociology from the École d es Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris)\, where he returned as a vis iting scholar in the spring of 2014. A Part-Time Professor at the Universi ty of Southern Denmark from January 2014 to December 2017\, he has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the National University of Sing apore\, a visiting professor at the University of Bremen\, the University of Helsinki\, the University of Southern Denmark\, and a Fulbright Scholar at The George Washington University and the National Academy of Social In surance. Before joining 91ºÚÁÏÍø in January 2019\, he held a Cana da Research Chair (Tier 1) at the University of Saskatchewan (Johnson Shoy ama Graduate School of Public Policy).\n DTSTART:20200116T210000Z DTEND:20200116T223000Z LOCATION:6th Floor\, CA\, QC\, H3A 3R1\, 680 Sherbrooke St. W. SUMMARY:The Politics of Fiscal Federalism: Equalization Policy in Canada URL:/maxbellschool/channels/event/politics-fiscal-fede ralism-equalization-policy-canada-303106 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR