Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1982 / / R.B. Byers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Byers, R.B.,
• MitwirkendeR: Artibise, Alan F.J.,; Drummond, R . J .,; Durocher, René,; Fletcher, Frederick J.,; Harris, L.,; Lambert, Geoffrey,; Landes, Ronald G.,; Lazar, Fred,; Leyton-Brown, David,; Mackinnon, Frank,; Mccormack, Patricia A.,; Mccormick, Peter,; Straw, Christopher,; Waiser, W.A,; Wallace, Donald C.,; White, Graham,; Wilbur, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

Canada passed a major political milestone in 1982 with the patriation of its constitution. There were two snags that held up the passage of the Canada Act in the British Parliament: the challenge from Quebec that the accord was unconstitutional since it negated Quebec's right to veto any constitutional change, and the objection of native groups that Britain retained responsibility for treaty rights and could not approve a bill that violated those rights. However, the third reading of the bill was approved 25 March. Britain had relinquished its responsibility for Canadian constitutional law.Economic matters preoccupied Parliament and the Canadian people for much of the year, beginning with legislation neede to give effect to the budget introduced by Finance Minister Allan MacEachen the previous November. When the budget was widely criticized, the government introduced a new budget in June introducing voluntary wage and price guidelines - the 'six and five' campaign.For two weeks in March, Parliament has an unplanned recess when Conservative members kept the House of Commons waiting for an adjournment vote in protest over the government's introduction of energy legislation in the form of an omnibus bill.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Canadian calendar, 1982 -- The federal perspective -- Editor's introduction -- Parliament and politics -- Ottawa and the Provinces -- The national economy -- External affairs and defence -- The provincial perspectives -- Editor's introduction -- Ontario -- Quebec -- Nova Scotia -- New Brunswick -- Manitoba -- British Columbia -- Prince Edward Island -- Saskatchewan -- Alberta -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- The Yukon -- The Northwest Territories -- Obituaries 1982 -- Acknowledgments -- Index of names -- Index of subjects