In order to facilitate discussion during the Mont-Tremblant conference, the Forum commissioned a series of papers. The papers themselves were not discussed during the conference sessions, but served as a means to provide background, and to place the session topics in context.
Ronald L. Watts Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University | CSD Roundtable:Models of Federal Power Sharing |
Thomas Fleiner President of the Federalism Institute, University of Fribourg | CSD Roundtable:Models of Federal CitizenshipRights |
John Kincaid Professor of Government and Public Service, Lafayette College | EFF: Roundtable:Economic Policy Making:Advantages and Disavantages ofthe Federal Model |
Bev Dahlby Director of the Institute for Public Economics at the University of Alberta | EFF Roundtable:Taxing Choices |
David Cameron Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto | IGR Roundtables:Structures of IntergovernmentalInstitutions |
Brian Opeskin Senior Lecturer, Law Faculty, University of Sydney | IGR Roundtables:Mechanisms forIntergovernmental Relations |
Peter J. Spiro Associate Professor, School of Law, HofstraUniversity | CSD Roundtable:Immigration and Migration |
Ferran Requejo Professor, Political Science, Universitat Pompeu Fabra | CSD Roundtable:National Groups |
Robin Boadway Professor of Economics, Queen's University | EFF Roundtable:Burden Sharing of Dividing theSpoils |
John Whalley Professor of Economics, University of Western Ontario | EFF Roundtable:Globalization and the Decline ofthe Nation State |
Michael Crommelin Dean of Law, University of Melbourne | IGR Roundtables:Dispute Resolution |
Roger Gibbins Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary | IGR Roundtable:Local Government / InternationalCities |
David Hawkes Former Co-Director of Research for Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | IGR Roundtable:Indigenous Peoples: SelfGovernment andIntergovernmental Relations |
Allan A. Warrack Professor of Business, University of Alberta | IGR Roundtable:The role of the Private Sector andIntergovernmental Relations |
Susan Philips Professor of Public Administraion, Carleton University | IGR Roundtable:The role of Non-GovernmentalOganizations inIntergovernmental Relations |
Lucia Avelar Professor of Political Science, University of Brasilia | CSD Roundtable:Regional Diversity |
Daniel Elazar Director, Centre for the Study of Federalism, Temple University | CSD Roundtable:Religious Diversity |
Robert Brown Past Chairman, Pricewaterhouse Coopers | EFF Roundtable:Coping with Multi-LevelGovernment: The View from thePrivate Sector |
James Bickerton Professor of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University | EFF Roundtable:Regional Economic Development:Building Partnerships or TransferDependencies? |
Richard Simeon Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto | IGR Roundtables:Adaptability and Change inFederations |
Earl Fry Professor of Political Science and Endowed Professor of Canadian Studies Brigham Young University | IGR Roundtable:Internationalization, Globalizationand Federal Systems |
Christine Fletcher Director, North Australia Research Unit, The Australian University | CSD Roundtable:Indigenous Peoples |
Subrata Mitra Chairman of the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg | CSD Roundtable:Linguistic Diversity |
Peter Whiteford Senior civil servant at the Commonwealth Department of Social Security, Canberra | SPF Roundtable:Reconciling Equity andDecentralization: IncomeSecurity |
Cecilia Braslavsky Director of Education Investment and Development Federal Ministry of Education | SPF Roundtable:Reconciling Equity andDecentralization: Education |
Ade Lucas Professor in Health/Economies, Harvard | SPF Roundtable:Reconciling Equity andDecentralization: Health |