Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1987 / / 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: Abele, Frances,; Boase, Joan Price,; Cox, Barbara,; Crossley, J.E.,; Eagles, Munroe,; Gagnon, Alain G.,; Hawes, Michael K.,; Hedstrom, Arnold,; Howlett, Michael,; Kristianson, G.L.,; Lambert, Geoffrey,; McCormick, Peter,; Miller, J.R.,; Royal, Margaret,; Shadwick, Martin,; Slack, Michael,; White, Graham,; Wilbur, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

The Canadian Annual Review has become an indispensable reference work for all concerned with Canadian public affairs. Complied by a corps of Canadian scholars and experts, it offers both a concise, convenient record of the year's events and an authoritatibve appraisal of developments.The present volume covers events in a watershed year. In constitutional matters 1987 saw the most important even since the passage of the Constitutional Act of 1982: the Meech Lake Accord.In the House of Commons, new drug patent legislation and a bill to control more tightly the influx of immigrants and refugees faced strenuous opposition. A proposal to reinstate capital punishment was rejected in a free vote.Overall the Canadian economy performed well, although slumping oil and gas prices continued to create problems in the western provinces, Ontario Premier David Peterson was re-elected, this time with an overwhelming Liberal majority. But the dominant story in Canadian newspapers throughout the year was free trade with the United States.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Canadian calendar 1987 -- The federal perspective -- Editor’s introduction -- Parliament and politics -- Ottawa and the provinces -- The national economy -- External affairs and defence -- Military and security issues -- 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 1987 -- Index of names -- Index of subjects