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Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Canadian calendar -- Editor's introduction -- THE FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE -- Parliament and politics -- THE FATE OF THE MEECH LAKE ACCORD -- THE ECONOMY -- THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX -- NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- THE NATIONAL PARTIES -- ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -- WOMEN AND POLITICS -- MAJOR POLICY AREAS -- PERSONALITIES, SCANDALS, AND CONTROVERSIES -- Ottawa and the provinces -- THE DEMISE OF THE MEECH LAKE ACCORD -- NEW BUSINESS -- OLD BUSINESS -- External affairs and defence -- INTRODUCTION -- CANADA-U.S. RELATIONS -- RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS -- RESPONDING TO EUROPEAN CHANGE -- SOUTHERN AFRICA -- CANADA AND THE UNITED NATIONS -- OPERATION DESERT SHIELD -- THE 1991 BUDGET -- FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE -- CRUISE TESTING AND CF-18S -- CONFRONTING THE FIRST NATIONS AT OKA -- THE MILITARY'S TREATMENT OF WOMEN AND HOMOSEXUALS -- LOW-LEVEL FLYING IN GOOSE BAY -- PROCEDURAL JUSTICE IN THE CANADIAN MILITARY -- CONCLUSION -- THE PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVES -- ONTARIO -- The Patricia Starr scandal and other legacies from 1989 -- The legislative session -- Social policy -- Resource policy -- Justice policy and prominent court cases -- Intergovernmental relations -- Political party activity -- The election -- The debut of the NDP -- The economy -- QUEBEC -- Politics -- The economy -- Legislation -- Intergovernmental affairs -- NOVA SCOTIA -- Politics -- The legislature -- The economy -- Intergovernmental relations -- NEW BRUNSWICK -- Spring legislative session -- Meech Lake again -- Fall legislative session -- The GST blues -- More signs of a troubled economy -- NDP and CoR outshine confused Tories -- MANITOBA -- The Meech Lake Accord -- The election -- The 35th legislature -- The budget and economic developments -- BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Social developments -- The economy -- Public finance -- Legislative developments -- Political developments -- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND -- State of the economy -- Politics and government -- Significant public issues -- SASKATCHEWAN -- The government and the legislature -- The political parties -- Federal-provincial relations -- The economy -- Around the province -- ALBERTA -- The legislature -- The economy -- Environmental issues -- Political parties -- Other issues -- NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR -- The legislature -- The economy and economic development -- Politics and political parties -- Federal-provincial relations -- THE YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES -- The territories in the Canadian federation -- The Yukon: Economic conditions and policy -- Yukon politics and government -- The Yukon land claims process -- NWT: Economic change and the Mackenzie Valley -- NWT: Land claims and territorial division -- Social conditions and initiatives in NWT -- Obituaries -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- T$20.

The Canadian Annual Review has become an indispensable reference work for all concerned with Canadian public affairs. Complied by a corps of Canadian scholars and experts, it offers both a concise, convenient record of the year's events and an authoritatibve appraisal of developments.The present volume covers events in a watershed year. In constitutional matters 1987 saw the most important even since the passage of the Constitutional Act of 1982: the Meech Lake Accord.In the House of Commons, new drug patent legislation and a bill to control more tightly the influx of immigrants and refugees faced strenuous opposition. A proposal to reinstate capital punishment was rejected in a free vote.Overall the Canadian economy performed well, although slumping oil and gas prices continued to create problems in the western provinces, Ontario Premier David Peterson was re-elected, this time with an overwhelming Liberal majority. But the dominant story in Canadian newspapers throughout the year was free trade with the United States