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This special, 20th anniversary edition of How Ottawa Spends takes both a retrospective and prospective view of Canadian governance as the country is poised on a new century. It is clear that while many of the familiar features of the Canadian political landscape remain the same today as they did two decades ago, many have also changed profoundly, shifting shape in ways that leave them recognizable and yet strange. While this volume retains the traditional focus on the year's budgetary policy, it contains lengthier essays that probe broad and important areas of Canadian public policy. The essays review patterns of change in the last twenty years and explore their implications for the future. Authored by senior scholars and respected thinkers, chapters address changing Canadian values, social policy, fiscal policy, foreign policy, Aboriginal policy, public management, federalism, and the nature of the Canadian federal state.