Other issues that dominated the business of the House of Commons included the legislation to amend the Patent Act, the free trade negotiations with the United States, and the question of capital punishment. [...] The amendments were immediately condemned by consumer groups, the NDP, and the Liberals, and it was broadly expected that the government would experience even stiffer opposition to the legislation in the new year. [...] The Trudeau structure had been 'almost completely junked,' and the processes and structure of the central executive system were formed in such a way as to 'enhance both the role of the Prime Minister and the functions performed by explicitly "political" officials within the government.' The change in style, said Aucoin, was concerned with 'not the interplay of ideas, but the accommodation of inter [...] The new rules of the House stipulated that for the first time, the speaker was to be elected by secret ballot by all the members, rather than appointed by the government. [...] When the new session of parliament opened on 30 September, the 282 12 PARLIAMENT AND POLITICS members of the Commons were told by the gentleman usher of the black rod in the Senate chambers that they must go back to the House to choose a speaker.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Contributors 10
- Canadian calendar 12
- THE FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE 18
- Editor's introduction 20
- Parliament and politics 22
- INTRODUCTION 22
- PARLIAMENT 23
- Cabinet 23
- House of Commons 26
- A historic change of speakers 27
- Parliament and the budget 29
- Legislative activity 30
- SENATE 32
- FREE TRADE 34
- OTHER POLICY ISSUES 43
- Federal public service 48
- Supreme Court and constitutional issues 50
- Government investigations 51
- PARTIES AND POLITICS 55
- Fortunes of parties 61
- Patronage 64
- Ottawa and the provinces 66
- ECONOMIC ISSUES 67
- Free trade 67
- Softwood lumber dispute 72
- First ministers' conference on the economy 75
- FISCAL ISSUES 77
- ENERGY 80
- REGIONALISM 82
- Interregional tensions 82
- Interprovincialism 86
- QUEBEC AND THE FEDERATION 89
- Francophone summit 95
- OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS 97
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms 97
- Aboriginal rights 99
- MEDICARE 100
- LANGUAGE POLICY 101
- The national economy 111
- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 112
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN CANADA 118
- Inflation 120
- Monetary policy and interest rates 124
- Unemployment 128
- Energy 132
- International comparisons 134
- THE NATIONAL BUDGET 136
- FOREIGN TRADE 140
- External affairs and defence 144
- CANADIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS 145
- Environmental issues 153
- WESTERN EUROPE 158
- THE SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE 161
- JAPAN AND THE PACIFIC 164
- AFRICA 171
- THE COMMONWEALTH 175
- CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA 177
- THE CARIBBEAN 180
- ASIA 181
- THE MIDDLE EAST 186
- THE UNITED NATIONS 190
- Military and security issues 193
- THE PROTECTION OF CANADA 205
- ALLIANCE RELATIONS 209
- NATO 212
- NORAD 220
- EQUIPMENT PROGRAMS 227
- ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT 234
- THE PROVINCIAL PERPSECTIVES 240
- Editor's introduction 242
- ONTARIO 244
- The legislature 244
- The economy 251
- Parties and politics 254
- Federal-provincial relations 257
- Social policy 258
- Resource policy 267
- Justice policy 271
- QUEBEC 278
- Politics 278
- Legislation 282
- The economy 284
- Intergovernmental relations 286
- NOVA SCOTIA 290
- The legislature 290
- The economy 292
- Politics 293
- Intergovernmental relations 294
- NEW BRUNSWICK 295
- The legislature 296
- The economy 299
- Politics 300
- Federal-provincial relations 302
- MANITOBA 303
- The election 303
- The legislature 306
- Scandal 307
- The economy 308
- Politics and political parties 309
- CF-18 310
- BRITISH COLUMBIA 311
- The legislature 311
- The economy 312
- Government finance 314
- The pattern of labour relations 315
- The impact of Expo '86 316
- Politics 318
- Conclusion 326
- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 326
- The legislature 326
- Elections 329
- The economy 331
- Federal-provincial relations 332
- SASKATCHEWAN 333
- The legislature 333
- The economy 335
- The parties 338
- The election 339
- Federal-provincial relations 343
- ALBERTA 343
- Politics 343
- The economy 349
- Other events 353
- NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 354
- The legislature 355
- The economy 357
- Politics 359
- Federal-provincial relations 360
- THE YUKON 361
- The legislature 361
- The economy 362
- Politics 363
- Land claims 364
- Territorial-federal relations 365
- THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 366
- The legislature 366
- The economy 367
- Intergovernmental affairs 369
- Land claims 371
- Conclusion 372
- Obituaries 1986 374
- Acknowledgments 377
- Index of names 378
- A 378
- B 378
- C 379
- D 380
- E 380
- F 380
- G 381
- H 381
- I 382
- J 382
- K 382
- L 382
- M 382
- N 384
- O 384
- P 384
- R 385
- S 385
- T 386
- V 386
- W 386
- Y 387
- Z 387
- Index of Subjects 388
- A 388
- B 389
- C 389
- D 390
- E 391
- F 392
- G 392
- H 392
- I 393
- J 393
- K 393
- L 393
- M 394
- N 394
- O 396
- P 396
- Q 397
- R 397
- S 397
- T 398
- U 399
- V 399
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- Y 400
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