Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2008 / / David Mutimer.

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• HerausgeberIn: Mutimer, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

The Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs is an acclaimed series that offers informed commentary on important national events and considers their significance in local and international contexts. This latest instalment reviews one of the most dramatic years in recent Canadian political history.While the country seemed solid both politically and economically at the beginning of 2008, by late summer trouble in the financial markets left banks and other financial institutions around the world on the brink of collapse. As the situation unfolded, Prime Minister Harper violated the spirit of his fixed election law and called a snap election, sensing the prospect of a Conservative majority. When the election returned another minority, Canada was plunged into a constitutional crisis that rivalled, if not surpassed, the King-Byng affair of 1926. The 2008 volume of the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs covers both these crises, as well as foreign, provincial, First Nations, and municipal affairs.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Canadian calendar 2008 -- Editor's introduction - the year in review -- Parliament and politics -- Foreign affairs and defence -- Municipal affairs -- First Nations -- British Columbia -- Alberta -- Saskatchewan -- Manitoba -- The Territories -- Ontario -- Quebec -- New Brunswick -- Prince Edward Island -- Nova Scotia -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Obituaries -- Voting tables -- Index of names -- Index of subjects