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While there are broad differences between the health-care systems in Canada and the United States, sub-national variation is significant in both countries (though more notably among American states), both in terms of the role of government in the provision of health-care as well as outputs of the health-care system such as access and cost-control. Although this variation is rarely considered in comparisons of health-care policy in the two countries, the value of using the United States as a comparative reference in contemporary policy debates in Canada would be considerably greater if such variations were utilized to augment the analytical leverage resulting from such comparisons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses patterns that emerge when the provision of North American higher education in the Canadian provinces is compared to that in the United States. Variation in the role and level of public provision of higher education in terms of funding and enrollment; Greater rates of participation and higher levels of accessibility to university-level education in the U.S.

Examines the role of bureaucratic politics in the conduct of intergovernmental relations through an analysis of the interaction between Social Services and Alberta's Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs (FIGA) in the 1970s. Shaping of Alberta's position on federal proposals for the reform of funding arrangements for welfare and social services.