Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2004 : CAR 2004
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The Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2004 is the latest instalment in an acclaimed series that offers informed commentary on important events, and thoughtfully considers their significance in local and international contexts.
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CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
320.9/71/064
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
22
General Note
Includes indexes
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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F1001
LCCN Item number
C215 2004eb
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CaBNVSL
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Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (xxxi, 316 p.)
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CaOOCEL
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(CaBNVSL)slc00227296
(OCoLC)755882752
(CaOOCEL)436423
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
Title proper/short title
CAR 2004
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CaBNvSL
ISBN
0-8020-9985-8
978-1-4426-9351-7
978-1-4426-9351-7
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Canada
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canada economic conditions foreign relations politics and government 1945-
Table of Contents
Cover
1
Contents
6
Contributors
14
Canadian calendar 2004
16
Editor’s introduction – the year in review
36
Parliament and politics
44
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ELECTION
46
Conservative Party leadership
46
Preliminaries
48
On the hustings:health care or something else?
50
The results
52
Parsing the outcome
55
The ceiling for women candidates
56
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
56
The new cabinet
56
Speeches from the Throne
59
New department
61
Speaker
62
Ethics Commissioner
62
Senate
62
Changes at the Supreme Court
63
AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORTS
64
NATIONAL ECONOMY
66
Economic indicators
66
Budget 2004–5
67
Autumn economic and fiscal update
69
MAJOR POLICY AREAS
70
Finished and unfinished business
70
Federal-provincial health-care accord
70
Afghanistan and the military
72
Missile defence
73
Same-sex marriage
74
Decriminalization of marijuana possession
75
CONTROVERSIES
76
The sponsorship scandal
76
Maher Arar inquiry
79
Paul Martin and Canada Steamship Lines
81
The dismissal of Carolyn Parrish
82
Judy Sgro and ‘Strippergate’
83
The trials of Svend Robinson
83
PASSAGES
84
Foreign affairs and defence
85
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
86
President Bush’s visit to Canada
86
CHALLENGES IN CANADA-U.S. TRADE
87
Wheat
87
Beef
89
Swine
90
Softwood lumber
91
Byrd Amendment
92
HUMAN AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
94
China/the Koreas
94
Zahra Kazemi
95
Maher Arar
96
The Khadrs
97
Ukrainian elections
98
Sudan
100
Asian Tsunami
101
DEFENCE POLICY
103
Federal election and defence issues
103
DOMESTIC AND CONTINENTAL SECURITY
104
Canada’s national-security policy
104
The military and the north
105
Ballistic Missile Defence
107
Bi-National Planning Group
109
AFGHANISTAN
110
Suicide bombing
110
ISAF command
110
Overstretch
111
Friendly fire incident, 2002
111
OTHER MILITARY OPERATIONS
112
Bosnia-Herzegovina
112
Haiti
113
EQUIPMENT AND PROCUREMENT
114
Submarines
114
Sea King helicopter replacement
116
Joint Support Ships
118
Unmanned aerial vehicles
118
POLICIES AND PERSONNEL
119
Recruitment, retention, and remuneration
119
Chemical-warfare testing
120
Military ombudsman
121
Chief of the defence staff
122
Municipal affairs
124
CITIES IN THE MARKETPLACE
124
THE CULTURE OF CITIES
128
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
129
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
132
CITIES IN THE CONFEDERATION
133
First Nations
137
FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS
137
Speech from the Throne
137
Indigenous participation
138
Treaties and self-government
138
Third-party management
138
New funding
139
Residential schools
140
PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENTS
141
British Columbia
141
Natural-resource development
141
The politics of water
142
The Prairies
143
Treaties and economic development
143
‘Starlight Cruises’
144
Stolen Sisters
145
Another Walkerton?
146
Métis Nation Saskatchewan (MNS)
146
Ontario
147
Treaty rights and land claims
147
Court decisions
147
The injustice system?
148
Band elections
149
A First
150
Quebec
150
Land claims
150
Band governance
150
Atlantic Canada
151
Treaties and self-government
151
The north
152
Land claims and the politics of energy
152
Implementing the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
152
Control over natural resources
153
Electoral controversy in Nunavut
154
The cost of environmental change
154
The politics of housing
155
British Columbia
156
CABINET SHUFFLE
156
A YEAR OF LABOUR UNREST
157
BALANCING THE BUDGET
159
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
160
PINE BEETLE EPIDEMIC
160
AVIAN FLU EPIDEMIC
161
POLITICIAN THEFT CAUGHT ON CAMERA
162
FEDERAL ELECTION
163
TOBACCO DAMAGES AND EARTHQUAKE ASSESSMENTS
164
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALBERTA COOPERATE ON TRADE ISSUES
164
B.C. RAIL
164
SAFE STREETS ACT
165
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
165
FORESTRY
166
CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY ON ELECTORAL REFORM
167
ECONOMY
167
Alberta
169
THE FEDERAL ELECTION: PAUL MARTIN’S ALBERTA DREAMS
169
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: CHANGE IN EDMONTON, CHAOS IN CALGARY
171
THE PROVINCIAL ELECTION: REFERENDUM ON RALPH KLEIN
172
DAR HEATHERINGTON’S TRIAL AND ITS AFTERMATH
175
THE BSE CRISIS ENTERS YEAR TWO
177
THE LEGISLATURE
179
THE ECONOMY
181
MISCELLANEOUS
183
Saskatchewan
185
ELECTIONS
185
Provincial election
185
Federal general election
186
THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNMENT
187
Spring Session of Legislature
187
Fall session of legislature
190
THE PROVINCIAL BUDGET
190
THE ECONOMY
194
THE JUDICIARY
194
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
195
Federal-provincial relations
195
Provincial-municipal relations
196
ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS
197
OTHER MAJOR ISSUES AND EVENTS
199
Manitoba
200
THE LEGISLATURE
200
THE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
203
POLITICS AND POLITICAL PARTIES
204
OTHER EVENTS
206
The Territories
209
THE NORTH IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
209
THE NORTH IN THE 2004 FEDERAL ELECTION
211
THE NORTH IN NATIONAL POLITICS
212
TERRITORIAL POLITICS
213
PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN THE YUKON TERRITORY
216
PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
217
PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN NUNAVUT
220
THE NORTH IN 2004
223
Ontario
225
EARLY EVENTS
226
ENERGY
227
HEALTH
230
EDUCATION
238
THE ECONOMY AND THE BUDGET
241
PUBLIC SAFETY
244
CONCLUSION
247
Quebec
248
DAMAGE CONTROL
249
RE-ENGINEERING THE STATE IN ORDER TO ‘SHINE AMONG THE BEST’
251
FAILING TO PLEASE
255
FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL RELATIONS: FIRMING UP THE PROVINCIALIST STANCE
257
SEARCHING FOR THEIR WAY: OPPOSITION PARTIES AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION
259
Wrestling with old demons: the Parti Québécois
260
Political autonomy: Action Démocratique du Québec
262
QUEBEC: A BLOCKED SOCIETY?
264
New Brunswick
266
OTHER VIEWS OF THE FINANCIAL PICTURE
266
GOVERNMENT REJECTS NO-FAULT PUBLIC AUTO INSURANCE
268
CONTRASTING RESPONSES TO CIVIL-SERVICE CUTS
269
THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM: FINANCING AND STAFFING HEALTH CARE
270
NEW BRUNSWICK POWER’S ORIMULSION FIASCO
274
OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND RESPONSES
276
ANOTHER BRIEF PRE-CHRISTMAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION
278
Prince Edward Island
280
THE ECONOMY
280
FISCAL EVENTS
284
POLITICS AND THE LEGISLATURE
285
OTHER EVENTS
289
Nova Scotia
292
POLITICS
292
THE LEGISLATURE
294
ECONOMY
297
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
299
Newfoundland and Labrador
302
Obituaries
310
Election tables
314
Index of names
318
A
318
B
318
C
320
D
321
E
321
F
322
G
322
H
323
I
324
J
324
K
324
L
325
M
326
N
328
O
328
P
328
Q
329
R
329
S
330
T
331
U
331
V
331
W
332
Y
332
Z
332
Index of subjects
334
A
334
B
335
C
336
D
338
E
338
F
339
G
340
H
340
I
341
J
341
K
342
L
342
M
342
N
343
O
344
P
345
Q
346
R
346
S
346
T
348
U
348
V
349
W
349
Y
349