Currently Teaching

Fall 2012

POLI 101 (001) - Government of Canada

POLI 501A - Core Seminar in Canadian Government and Politics (Graduate)

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Graduate Supervision

Professor Baier welcomes the opportunity to work with graduate students interested in topics related to federalism, the Constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, intergovernmental relations and the courts.

MA supervisions

• Liam O'Flaherty (2008) "Doing Provincial Constitutions Differently: Codifying Responsible Government in the Age of Executive Dominance"
• Linda Whittaker (2007) "Culture for One or Culture for All? How Canadian Federalism Influences Federal and Provincial Policy Toward the Book Publishing Industry." Linda works for McGill-Queen's University Press in Montreal.
• Erin Crandall (2006) "Reforming the Economic Union: The Agreement on Internal Trade and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada." Erin is a Ph.D student at McGill University
• Robert Babczak (2005) "Debating an Ideal Federal Arrangement for the European Union." Robert is a  Special Project Coordinator with the McGill University Health Centre.
• Philip Gass (2004) "Prime Ministers and Canadian Foreign Policy." Philip is a Project Officer with the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

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Publications

Books

Contested Federalism: Certainty and Ambiguity in the Canadian Federation  with Herman Bakvis and Douglas M. Brown (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2009)

Courts and Federalism: Judicial Doctrine in the United States, Australia, and Canada (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2006)

Now available in paper

Reviews:

Canadian Journal of Political Science, Canadian Public Policy, Publius, Review of Constitutional Studies 

Peer-reviewed Articles

• "The New EU Constitution: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations – Lessons from Canada." Regional and Federal Studies 15:2 (June 2005)
• "Arbitrating a Fiction: The Nova Scotia/ Newfoundland and Labrador Boundary Dispute and Canadian Federalism." Canadian Public Administration 46:3 (Fall 2003) (with Paul Groarke) (login may be required)
• New Judicial Thinking on Sovereignty and Federalism: Canadian and American Comparisons Justice System Journal 23:2 (2002)
• "Think Tanks and Political Parties in Canadian Politics: Competitors or Collaborators?" Isuma: The Canadian Journal of Policy Research (Spring 2001) (with Herman Bakvis).
• Tempering Peace, Order and Good Government: Provincial Inability and Canadian Federalism. National Journal of Constitutional Law 9(3) October 1998, 277-305.

Book Chapters

• "What is Asymmetrical Federalism and Why Should Canadians Care?" (with Katherine Boothe) in Thomas Bateman and Richard Myers eds., Braving the New World 4th edition (Scarborough: Nelson, 2008)
• "The Courts, the Division of Powers and Dispute Resolution" in Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad eds., Canadian Federalism: Performance Effectiveness and Legitimacy 2nd edition (Toronto: Oxford, 2007)
• "Think tanks y partidos politicos en Canada: Competidores o Colaboradores?" in Adolfo Garce and Gerardo Una eds., Think Tanks y politicas publicas in Latinoamerica: Dinamicas globales y realidades regionales (Buenos Aires: Prometeo, 2007)
• "Federalism, the Democratic Deficit and Parliamentary Reform" G. Bruce Doern ed., How Ottawa Spends 2005-2006 (with Herman Bakvis and Douglas M. Brown).
• "The Law of Federalism: Judicial Review and the Division of Powers" In Miriam Smith and Francois Rocher eds., New Trends in Canadian Federalism (2nd Ed.) (Peterborough: Broadview, 2003)
• "The Kyoto Accord: Challenges of and for Canadian Federalism. In Van Lantz and Joe Ruggeri eds., The Kyoto Protocol and Environmental Policy in Atlantic Canada (Fredericton: UNB Centre for Policy Studies, 2003)
• "Judicial Review and Canadian Federalism" In Herman Bakvis and Grace Skogstad, eds., Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness and Legitimacy (Toronto: Oxford, 2002)

Occasional Papers, etc.

• "Provincial Flexibility Under the Canada Health Act" Health Innovation Report (Montreal: McGill University Health Centre Institute for Strategic Analysis and Innovation, 2008)
• "Democracy, Parliamentary Reform and Federalism" (Kingston: Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, 2005) (with Herman Bakvis)
• "Garcia v San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority," and "National League of Cities v Usery" in David Schultz and John R. Vile eds., The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005)
• "New York v U.S.," "South Dakota v Dole," and "U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v Thornton." In David Schultz ed., Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (New York: Facts on File, 2005)
• "Reforming Central Institutions: Facing The Dilemmas Of Asymmetrical Federalism And The Democratic Deficit." in Constructing Tomorrow’s Federalism (Regina: Saskatchewan Institute for Public Policy, 2004). (with Herman Bakvis)
• Review of Kent Roach, "The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue" Canadian Journal of Political Science (March 2003)