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Book SynopsisThe
Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs is an acclaimed series that offers informed commentary on important national events and thoughtfully considers their significance in local and international contexts. This latest instalment reviews the year 2004, which saw the thirty-eighth general election, in which the Liberal party was elected to a minority government.
The extension of Canada''s involvement in Afghanistan and media coverage of the Maher Arar inquiry fuelled continuing uncertainties about national and personal security. Government financial misdeeds, including the sponsorship scandal and Paul Martin''s management of Canada Steamship Lines lowered public confidence in political parties and public servants while Canadian-US trade disagreements over softwood lumber and beef brought challenges to NAFTA. Nevertheless, the implementation of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, the legalization of same-sex marriage in many provinces, and the appointment
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction - The Year in Review * Parliament and politics by Robert Everett * Foreign Affairs by Christopher Spearin (Canadian Forces College) * First Nations by Kristin Burnett (Lakehead University) * British Columbia by Carey Hill * Alberta by Harold Jansen (University of Lethbridge) * Saskatchewan by Joseph Garcea (University of Saskatchewan) * Manitoba by Geoffrey Lambert (University of Manitoba) * The Territories by Ken Coates (University of Northern British Columbia) and Greg Poelzer (University of Northern British Columbia) * Ontario by Robert Drummond (York University) * Quebec by Daniel Salee (Concordia University) * New Brunswick by Richard Wilbur * Prince Edward Island by Peter E. Buker (St. Mary's University) * Nova Scotia by Robert G. Finbow (Dalhousie University) * Newfoundland and Labrador by Peter Neary (University of Western Ontario) and Melvin Baker (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Obituaries Voting tables Index of names Index of subjects
