Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs, 1997 / edited by David Mutimer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mutimer, David, editor.

Series:

Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--Economic conditions--1945-.

Canada.

Canada--Foreign relations--1945-.

Canada--Politics and government--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long praised for its accuracy, readability, and insight, the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs offers a synoptic appraisal of the year's developments in Canadian politics. 1997 was a year of political and economic stability in Canada, and the Federal government was on the verge of a balanced budget. Inflation seemed to have been tamed, and the leading economic policy question was how the expected surpluses should be spent. The primary focuses of the surprise Federal general election campaign, held in 1997 despite Prime Minister Jean Chétien having 16 months left in his mandate, were on the government's economic record and national unity. The election caused some controversy in Manitoba simply by proceeding, as the province was preoccupied by the worst flooding in more than a century. In Alberta, Premier Ralph Klein also faced the voters again. The low point of the year came when Vancouver played host to an international summit that sparked an outcry over the RCMP's use of pepper-spray on demonstrators. However, 1997 was also the year that Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy successfully challenged world leaders to negotiate a treaty to ban the manufacture and use of anti-personnel landmines, and was able to welcome 122 nations to sign the Ottawa Convention.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Content

Contributors

Canadian calendar 1997

Editor's introduction - the year in review

The federal perspective

Parliament and politics / Everett, Robert

Ottawa and the provinces / Howlett, Michael

Foreign affairs and defence / Oliver, Dean F.

The provincial perspectives

Ontario / Drummond, Robert

Quebec / Coulon, Jocelyn

Nova Scotia / Finbow, Robert

New Brunswick / Wilbur, Richard

Manitoba / Lambert, Geoffrey

British Columbia / Hill, Carey

Prince Edward Island / Buker, Peter E.

Saskatchewan / Garcea, Joseph

Alberta / Jansen, Harold

Newfoundland and Labrador / Blake, Raymond B.

Yukon and the Northwest Territories / Lawson, James B.

Obituaries

Index of names

Index of subjects

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 26, 2016).

ISBN:

1-281-99461-8

9786611994617

1-4426-7210-2

OCLC:

1002274389