{"product_id":"a-wartime-finance-minister-the-economic-legacy-of-j-l-ilsley-hardcover-2","title":"A Wartime Finance Minister: The Economic Legacy of J.L. Ilsley - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA biography of J.L. Ilsley, whose policies financed Canadian participation in the Second World War, transformed the national income tax system, and laid the financial basis for the modern welfare state.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.L. Ilsley, Canada's Minister of Finance from 1940 to 1946, was responsible for financing the country's participation in World War II. \u003ci\u003eA Wartime Finance Minister\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how Ilsley's measured leadership transformed the tax system and established the financial basis of the modern welfare state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1939 and 1943, Canada's war effort boosted federal spending and revenue tenfold, a commitment Ilsley financed by borrowing through Victory Bond campaigns and extending income tax to most of the working population at sharply progressive rates. Agreements made with the provinces in 1941 became the foundation of modern federal-provincial fiscal relations. Ilsley preached that the war required high but fair taxes, wage and price controls, and frugality, winning public confidence in his measures partly through his own example of self-sacrifice. As this compelling account of his life and career reveals, his promotion and defense of these policies brought lasting benefit to Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of law at Western University and a former partner in the Toronto firm Davies Ward Phillips \u0026amp; Vineberg LLP. Among his numerous publications are, with Robert Raizenne, two volumes of\u003ci\u003e A History of Canadian Income Tax\u003c\/i\u003e; with Colin J. Campbell, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Ideologies in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e; and, with William Christian, \u003ci\u003eParties, Leaders, and Ideologies in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the chair of the Canada Revenue Agency Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee from 2015 to 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.16 x 6.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48713932177657,"sku":"9780774872928","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pVE2NGl1oX9780774872928_78de279f-9085-43c9-9f33-2b1b7acd8309.webp?v=1784996742","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-wartime-finance-minister-the-economic-legacy-of-j-l-ilsley-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}