Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1967

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 1967 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 CAR (preceding volumes covered the years since 1960) 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 19 PARLIAMENT AND POLITICS 19 THE PROVINCES 116 Ontario 116 Québec 131 Nova Scotia 146 New Brunswick 154 Manitoba 165 British Columbia 173 Prince Edward Island 182 Saskatchewan 186 Alberta 196 Newfoundland and Labrador 202 The Yukon and The Northwest Territories 208 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE 219 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE 219 THE NATIONAL ECONOMY 295 THE NATIONAL ECONOMY 295 LIFE AND LEISURE 383 EDUCATION 383 HEALTH 399 WELFARE 406 SCIENCE 419 RELIGION 432 MASS MEDIA 448 DRAMA: ENGLISH CANADA 467 LE THÉÂTRE DE LANGUE FRANÇAISE 473 MUSIC 481 ART 496 SPORT 514 OBITUARIES 523 INDEX 529