Product Description: Few moments in Canadian history are as intriguing as the political battle between Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the "Gang of Eight" provincial premiers who opposed his plans to "patriate" Canada's constitution from Britain. Patriation and Its Consequences revisits these constitutional negotiations, including the personalities, visions, and political struggles that shaped the resulting constitutional agreement...read more

Product Description: In November 1981, at the height of the nation?s constitutional crisis, the First Ministers assembled in Ottawa to seek an agreement. These are the minutes not taken.

A comprehensive examination of Canadian federalism and its evolution from 1867 to the present.

Product Description: Back in Print. Winner of the Martha Derthick Best Book Award from the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section of the American Political Science Asscociation.Federal-provincial negotiation is a central feature of Canadian policy making, however much of this process takes place outside public view and goes unreported in the press...read more

This book offers a fresh and comprehensive look at a complex topic. The volume is divided into two sections: constitutional politics and the impact of federalism across policy fields. The section on constitutional politics examines topics ranging from executive federalism to Aboriginal self-government in the wake of the Charlottetown Accord. The ten chapters in the policy section examine trends in the evolution of the division of powers in a large number of areas including economic policy, social policy, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the environment. Together they demonstrate that, despite the lack of a formal constitutional agreement, important changes are occurring in the Canadian federal system.

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Product Description: This text presents a collection of Stephane Dion's speeches from 1996 to 1998. Organized around four central themes, the book shows the breadth and strength of Dion's convictions. Dion believes that Canada is first and foremost a nation of caring people, in contrast to the image projected by the endless, dry constitutional debate...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)