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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 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
Table of Contents
Contributors Canadian Calendar 2008 Editor's introduction - the year in review Parliament and politics by Robert Everett Foreign affairs and defence by Christopher Spearin Municipal affairs by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Serena Kataoka, and Warren Magnusson First Nations by Kristin Burnett British Columbia by Stephen Phillips Alberta by Harold Jansen Saskatchewan by Joseph Garcea Manitoba by Geoffrey Lambert The Territories by Ken Coates and Greg Poelzer Ontario by Robert Drummond Quebec by Daniel Salee and Richard Bisaillon New Brunswick by Richard Wilbur Prince Edward Island by Peter E. Buker Nova Scotia by Robert G. Finbow Newfoundland and Labrador by Melvin Baker and Peter Neary Obituaries Voting tables Index of names Index of subjects
