Dream No Little Dreams A Biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan 1944 1961 1st Edition by A W Johnson ISBN 1442620919 9781442620919

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ISBN 10: 1442620919 
ISBN 13: 9781442620919
Author: A W Johnson

In 1944, the people of Saskatchewan elected the first socialist government in North America. Dream No Little Dreams is the biography of that government, led by the great Tommy Douglas of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF, later the New Democratic Party). It is a history of the life of the CCF and a case study in the art and practice of governing; partly a study in the policy decisions of the government, and partly an insider’s view. A.W. Johnson – a senior public servant in Saskatchewan during most of the Douglas years – begins by introducing the government’s central mission – the transformation of the role of the state – and describes how it achieved this goal over some seventeen years.

Johnson analyses the roots of the CCF in Saskatchewan history and prairie politics, and its philosophy as it prepared to govern. He describes the policies and programs introduced by the Douglas government, the changes to the machinery of government and the processes of governing, and the creation of a professional public service.

Medicare is viewed by many as the greatest achievement of the Douglas government. Dream No Little Dreams offers rich insight into the initial planning stages of Medicare and details the protracted struggle with the medical profession that followed as Douglas fought to implement it. Johnson also addresses the question of how socialists were going to pay for all their ambitions, and situates the answer in the context of developments in national policy and in federal-provincial fiscal arrangements from the war years through to the 1960s.

Dream No Little Dreams A Biography of the Douglas Government of Saskatchewan 1944 1961 1st Table of contents:

1 The Roots of the CCF in Saskatchewan and Canada
Saskatchewan–Its People and Their History
Political Developments in the Early Twentieth Century
Political Developments in the 1930s and the Formation of the CCF
The Intellectual Heritage of the CCF
The Regina Manifesto
Political Developments in Saskatchewan from 1934 to 1944
The Values and Ideology of the CCF
The CCF’s Economic Policies
The CCF’s Social Policies
The CCF’s Democratic Theories
2 Planning the Program for a CCF Government
The Structure and Process of Planning the Platform
The CCF and Relations within a Federal State
The Program for Natural Resources and Industrial Development
The Program for Agriculture
The Program for Health, Education, and Welfare
The Program for Labour
Financing the Program
The Program’s Consideration of the Machinery of Government
3 The First Months of the CCF Government: Innovation and Ferment
The Challenges the Government Confronted in Policy-Making
Establishing a Cabinet and Starting to Govern
Setting the Stage for Change
The Government’s Position on Social Ownership
Policy Formulation through the Provision of Ad Hoc Advice to the Minister
Other Public Enterprises
Policy Advice Provided by Experts in Newly Established Agencies
Policy Formulation through Structured Advice–The Case of Labour
Policy Formulation through an Operating Department and Led by the Minister
Policy Formulation in Other Fields
A Government Perspective
4 New Wine in Old Vessels
The Government’s Relationship with the CCF Party
The Executive’s Relationship with the Caucus
The Public Service: At the Centre of Government
The Public Service in the Operating Departments
The Influence of Interest Groups on the New Government
The Influences of Municipal and Federal Governments
5 Transforming the Functioning of Government: 1946–1948
The Problem and the Remedy
The Establishment of the Economic Advisory and Planning Board (EAPB)
The EAPB and the Organization of Crown Corporations
The EAPB and General Economic Planning
The EAPB and Policy and Program Evaluation
Machinery of Government with an Emphasis on Budgeting
Public Service Reform
Social Policy and the New Machinery of Government
6 Forging a New Equilibrium in Governance: 1948–1952
Ideology and Policy in the Second Term
Policy Emphasis in the Second Term: Industrial Development
New Policy Emphasis: Resources Development
New Policies and New Frictions
New Policy Initiatives: Agriculture
Initiatives in the Social Policy Field
Initiatives in Arts and Culture
New Developments in the Machinery of Government: The Cabinet Office
Strengthened Operating Departments
The Evolving Role of the Central Agencies
Friction among Central Agencies, Crown Corporations, and Departments
Adjustments in the Government’s Relations with the Party and the Legislature
Government’s Relationships with Interest Groups
7 A Mature Government in Its Third and Fourth Terms
The 1950s in Saskatchewan–Growth and Prosperity
Government in Its Maturity
Effective and Creative Public Service
Recruitment and Training
The Government and the Party
The Government and Public Policy
Policies and Politics in the 1950s
8 Policy Implementation and Reassessment in the 1950s
Building New Infrastructure
Building Social Programs
Economic and Resource Development Initiatives
A Special Note on the South Saskatchewan River Dam
The Expansion of the Grid Road System and the Reorganization of Local Government
Wascana Centre
9 Reflections on the 1950s and Renewal in the 1960s
A Protest Vote?
An Aging Government?
Program Reappraisal, April
Planning the Program for 1960
The Evolutionary Part of the 1960 Election Platform
The ‘Revolutionary’ Part of the 1960 Election Platform
Where Did the Doctors Stand?
Tommy Douglas Reports to the People
The College and the Advisory Planning Committee
The Doctors’ Declaration of Rights
The Campaign against Medicare
10 Medicare
A Period of Paralysis: The Advisory Committee
The Doctors’ Position Entrenched
The Premier and Federal Politics: A Backdrop to the Drama
Renewed Government Action
The Interim Report of the Advisory Planning Committee
The Medical Care Insurance Act
The End of the Douglas Regime
The Medical Care Insurance Commission
Attempts to Implement the Act
The Hazards of a Patient Reimbursement Plan
The Fateful Meeting of 3 May 1962
Pressure on the Government
Pressure on the Doctors
Efforts at Mediation, June 1962
The Strike and Intensified Pressure
The KOD Committees
The Out-of-Province Press
The Importation of Doctors
First Efforts at Mediation in July
One More Try at Negotiation
Lord Taylor, the Mediator
The Instruments of Mediation
The Settlement: The Realization of the Douglas Dream in Saskatchewan
Epilogue: The Legacy of the Douglas Government
The Legacy of Medicare
The Legacy of the Government in Society
The Legacy of the Public Service
Annex: Financing a CCF Program within the Canadian Federation
The Larger Context of Social Reform
The Social Policy Side of Post-War Reconstruction
Health Policy
Tax Sharing and Equalization
The Financing of the CCF Program
Tables on Sources of Revenue and on the Relative Importance of Each Source in Saskatchewan’s Budget

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