Canada 2022-2023

by P. T. Babie, Charles J. Russo, James Kent Donlevy

Overview

The World Today Series: Canada is an annually updated presentation of Canada. It provides the reader an in-depth look at the country’s culture, geography, people, economy, politics and future. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538165904
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/29/2022
Series:	World Today (Stryker) , #6
Edition description:	Thirty-seventh Edition
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Paul Babie holds a personal chair of law in the Adelaide Law School of The University of Adelaide. He is a barrister and solicitor (inactive) of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada), and an associate member of the Law Society of South Australia.

James Kent Donlevy is an associate professor in the Werklund School of Education and former Associate Dean of the Graduate Division of Educational Research at the University of Calgary. He is the Chair of the Research Ethics Appeal Board, and the Grievance Advisor for the Faculty Association at that University. He teaches ethics and law, is an annual lecturer in the civil litigation course in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta, as well as a frequently invited lecturer and debater at the Centre for Constitutional Studies in that Faculty. He has presented at the Legal Education Society of Alberta, advised law firms on both tortious and constitutional issues (retained as an expert in those areas for litigation purposes), and been consulted by both Saskatchewan Justice and Alberta Justice. Most recently he has assisted in the preparation of a factum at he Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

Charles J. Russo is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences, Director of its Ph.D. Program, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. Author or co-author more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals; authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited more than 60 books, and more than 1,000 publications, Russo speaks extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and other Nations.

Table of Contents

Map of Canada vi

Canada Today 1

Culture 3

Geography 17

People 26

History 39

New France 41

The Conquest (La Conquête) 43

British North America 45

The War of 1812 46

The Road to Independence 48

Confederation 50

Tightening the East-West Link 52

Loosening the Apron Strings 55

World War I 56

The Interwar Years 57

World War II 59

After 1945 61

The "Quiet Revolution" in Quebec 62

Meech Lake Accord 72

A New Constitution for Canada? 72

Political System 76

Constitution 78

Governmental Structure 80

The Monarch 80

The Governor General 82

The Political Executive 86

Parliament 90

Senate 93

The Legal System 95

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms 100

Federalism and the Provinces 101

Provincial Governments 103

Newfoundland and Labrador 104

Nova Scotia 107

Prince Edward Island 107

New Brunswick 108

Quebec 110

Ontario 117

Manitoba 118

Saskatchewan 120

Alberta 121

British Columbia 124

Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut 128

Parties and Elections 134

2004 Federal Elections 148

2006 Federal Elections 149

2008 Federal Elections 150

2011 Federal Elections 151

2015 Federal Elections 152

Foreign Policy 155

Defense 172

Economy 183

Future 209

Web Sites and Bibliography 211