Review of \u3ci\u3ePublic Enterprise in an Era of Change\u3c/i\u3e Edited by John R. Allan

This collection of fifteen papers-lively, diverse and (for the most part) mercifully concise-derives from a December 1996 conference in Regina on the role and future of Saskatchewan\u27s crown corporations. Arguably the most qualified jurisdiction in North America to host such a conference, Saskatchewan is well represented in these pages, though the papers by no means limit themselves to the experience of this province. Nor do they confine themselves to the broad subject of public enterprise. Participants came from most regions of Canada, while the keynote speaker, David Heald, added a British/European perspective to the proceedings. Included among the participants were seven academics, two public opinion pollsters, two former public office holders, and four others, each representing, respectively, a broad-based public interest group, a privately funded think-tank, organized labor, and the business community. The occasion afforded each contributor the opportunity to range far and wide over the vast terrain of policy issues and options facing public sector enterprise today