Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1962

This annual reference work on Canada provides in concise, well-indexed, and readable form a responsible summary of all developments of public importance in this country during the past year. It has been compiled by a corps of Canadian scholars and experts working under the direction of an outstanding Canadian historian and commentator. The Canadian Annual Review for 1962 will be an invaluable reference for anyone having occasion to write or speak about recent developments in Canada. The broad range of topics which it reviews includes Parliament and Politics (both federal and provincial), Foreign Affairs, Defence, Economics, Business, Agriculture, Labour, cience, Education, Health and Welfare, Law, Religion, Literature, and a whole range of cultural activities including sports. Convenient, authoritative, exceptionally readable and useful, its contents provide a dependable shortcut to the current history of Canada for a period hat cannot be dealt with fully by other references for many years. The value of each edition of the new Canadian Annual Review (preceding volumes covered the years 1960 and 1961) will grow with the passing of time. In years to come a complete set of the annual volumes will furnish a clear historial perspective of the present and the immediate past. Contents 5 Contributors 11 Canadian Calendar 13 Parliament and Politics 17 External Affairs and Defence 91 The Economy 166 Business and Industry 233 Labour 256 Agriculture 268 Education: English Canada 276 L’Education au Québec 286 Public Law: Great Expectations Unfulfilled 297 La législation et le droit au Québec 305 Religion 314 Health 328 Welfare 337 Science 346 Journalism 359 Littérature canadienne-française 370 Writing in English 377 Drama: English Canada 394 Le théâtre de langue française 407 Music 416 Art 431 Film 437 Radio et Télévision 440 Television: English 447 Radio 454 Sport 458 Obituaries 472 Acknowledgments 480 Index 481