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:	9781538165911
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/29/2022
Series:	World Today (Stryker)
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	230
File size:	70 MB
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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

Canada Today

Culture

Geography

People

History

New France

The Conquest (La Conquête)

British North America

The War of 1812

The Road to Independence

Confederation

Tightening the East–West Link

Loosening the Apron Strings

The First World War

The Interwar Years

The Second World War

After 1945

The “Quiet Revolution” in Quebec

Meech Lake Accord

A New Constitution for Canada?

Political System

Constitution

Governmental Structure

The Monarch

The Governor General

The Political Executive

Parliament

Senate

Law and the Court System

Federalism and the Provinces

Provincial Governments

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick

Quebec

Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

British Columbia

Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Parties and Elections

2004 Federal Elections

2006 Federal Elections

2008 Federal Elections

2011 Federal Elections

2015 Federal Elections

Foreign Policy

Defense

Economy

Future

Web Sites and Bibliography