Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and Beyond

J04 - Micro-Paper Roundtable: Provincial Politics, Policy, and Data 2: Data Gaps and Provincial Politics

Date: May 30 | Time: 12:00pm to 01:30pm | Location: Classroom - CL 408 Room ID:15751

Chair/Président/Présidente : Jim Farney (University of Regina)

Discussant/Commentateur/Commentatrice : Anthony Sayers (University of Calgary)

Provincial Politics, Policy, and Data 2: Data Gaps and Provincial Politics:

Peter Loewen (University of Toronto)
J.P. Gauvin (Queen's University)
Richard Johnston (University of British Columbia)
J.P. Lewis (University of New Brunswick)
Anthony Sayers (University of Calgary)
Simon Kiss (Wilfrid Laurier University Brantford)

Abstract: Canadian provinces do much of the policy making heavy lifting in Canada, are significant sites of political mobilization, but have been understudied in both dimensions. Shared institutions, histories, and policy challenges make provinces ideal candidates for comparative research, a potential that political scientists are beginning to recognize. As the discipline pays more attention to provincial policy making process and to politics in the provinces a number of valuable research programs are beginning to open up. But, this workshop takes as its starting contention that these research programs would benefit from a concerted effort to capture and systemize data about provincial societies, economies, political systems, and policy outcomes in a way suited to use by political scientists (in the first instance), policy-makers, and the informed public. In this workshop, we examine what we need to know about provincial politics and public opinion.

Lunch will be provided.