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Fiscal viability and the constitutional development of Canada's northern territories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Jack C. Stabler
Jack C. Stabler
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OWOCanada
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Abstract

The constitutional development of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories has become a topic which is debated with increasing frequency and by an ever-widening group of participants. Provincial status is seen by many as the logical, ultimate goal. Admission of new provinces to the confederation, previously a rather straightforward process, depends on conditions which the Constitution Act of 1982 has altered. For the first time candidates are now required to be fiscally sound prior to admission. In this paper the circumstances in which Canada's northern territories might become fiscally viable are investigated, using simulation analysis. It is concluded that fiscal viability awaits the development of some of the frontier mega-projects proposed in recent years.

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Polar Record , Volume 23 , Issue 146 , May 1987 , pp. 551 - 568
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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