Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs, 1985

The Canadian Annual Review has become an indispensable reference book for those concerned directly or indirectly with Canadian public affairs.Compiled by a corps of Canadian scholars and experts, It offers both a concise, convenient record of the year's events and a responsible appraisal of important developments. Among the events of 1985 analysed in this volume are the activation of the free trade talks with the United States, adding a note of tension to the relationship that in March was serenaded at the Shamrock Summit. In Ontario the forty-year Tory dynasty was ended by an agreement between David Peterson's Liberals and the New Democratic Party. Across the country, relations between the federal and provincial governments improved considerably, in the aftermath of the Mulroney victory in the previous year. Contents 5 Contributors 9 Canadian calendar 1985 11 The federal perspective 21 Editor's introduction 21 Parliament and politics 23 Ottawa and the provinces 72 The national economy 121 External affairs and defence 172 Military and security issues 217 The provincial perspectives 275 Editor's introduction 275 Ontario 277 Quebec 322 Nova Scotia 337 New Brunswick 342 Manitoba 349 British Columbia 357 Prince Edward Island 370 Saskatchewan 377 Alberta 389 Newfoundland and Labrador 397 The Yukon 405 The Northwest Territories 410 Obituaries 1985 419 Acknowledgments 422 Index of names 423 Index of subjects 432