Inroads: A Journal of Opinion articles from January 1 1999

Inroads: A Journal of Opinion archives from January 1 1999

Successful counter-reformation.
January 1, 1999... EDITORIAL ON THE 4TH OF FEBRUARY THEY MET in Ottawa at 24 Sussex Drive. The prime minister and nine premiers signed an agreement on how to manage major social programs. Lucien Bouchard refused to sign, and Jean Charest made it clear that,...

From Rene to Lucien: English Canadian reflect on sovereignty.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT IN MID-NOVEMBER, as voting day in Quebec approached, Henry Milner wrote the Inroads listserv seeking thoughts to include in a talk on the election at the University of Umea, in Sweden, where he was spending the fall term. Milner...

Agreement on the Canadian social union as seen by a Quebec federalist.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT LAST FEBRUARY, NINE OF TEN premiers signed A Framework to Improve the Social Union for Canadians; Premier Bouchard was alone in refusing to sign. This agreement on managing the Canadian social union is a complex compromise. While...

Camille Laurin, 1923-1999.
January 1, 1999... IN MARCH OF 1999, CAMILLE LAURIN, father of Bill 101, died. He died without realizing his goal of Quebec sovereignty, but he lived to see Bill 101 become part of the foundation of public life in contemporary Quebec -- despite consistent...

Getting the facts straight on French: reflections following the 1996 Census.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT OFFICIAL COMMENTATORS IN Ottawa have consistently interpreted census data on the status of French optimistically, implying that francophone concerns for linguistic survival are misplaced and that Canadian language policy is...

Linguistic rights, minority rights and national rights: some clarifications.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES the manner in which Ottawa's support for official-language minorities has exacerbated, rather than resolved, the problem of Quebec's status in the Canadian federation. By conducting language policy almost...

English-Canadian culture and the absent French Canadian.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT FROM CONFEDERATION UNTIL THE 1960s, Conlogue argues, English Canada saw in Quebec a picturesque but backward people, whose language and religious-based cultural solidarity, it was feared, would prevent Canada's becoming a modern...

On the election trail in Germany and Sweden.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT HENRY MILNER'S ARTICLE introduces this section, which deals with the political left in three European countries. Milner follows closely the evolution of European politics. He spent the fall of 1998 as a visiting professor at the...

New Labour's third way.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT THIS ARTICLE ANALYSES New Labour's practical "operational code" which, Eric Shaw suggests, consists of five operating principles: an emphasis on individual responsibility, a moralistic view of community, the importance of...

Lessons from Sweden: social democracy and trade unions in Canada.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT AXEL VAN DEN BERG TEACHES sociology at McGill University. He has been involved in a series of interconnected research projects, in collaboration with Canadian and Swedish colleagues, investigating the sources of resistance to...

Gosta Rehn, 1913-1996.
January 1, 1999... GOSTA REHN'S CAREER -- in his writing, his teaching and his actions -- was dedicated to improving working life, from his early teaching days at the Stockholm School of Economics in the 1930s, on the investigatory commissions on which he served...

What does Alberta want?
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT FOR AS LONG AS MOST OF US CAN remember, Alberta has been thought of as the most right-wing part of the country, but, until fairly recently, it was considered a kind of enclave, distinct and distant. All that has changed. Alberta's...

Principled analysis of the Nisga'a Treaty.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT THE MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY issue of the Nisga'a Treaty is the constitutional scheme of governance, which will create a small government with very large powers. This in turn has extremely serious implications for Nisga'a individuals....

West Coast blues: why B.C.? Why PC?
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT OVER THE LAST DECADE, B.C.'s three largest universities have experienced major conflicts sparked by allegations of institutionalized sexism and racism. The Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria was...

No poster boy.
January 1, 1999... Claudio comes flying in through the front door of the Bagel Tree, his grandfather trailing close behind in the slipstream. Arlene's dad has come to do some repairs, and Claudio has come along to help. One day when his mother is "too old,"...

Rwanda five years after the genocide.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT BILL SCHABAS HAS VISITED Rwanda over a dozen times since the genocide of 1994, and has participated in rebuilding the country's legal system. This article briefly surveys the colonial history of Rwanda from its "discovery" by...

Civic participation in Canada: is Quebec different?
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT A MAJOR SURVEY OF charitable giving, volunteering, and participation in Canada has revealed large provincial variations, with highest levels in Saskatchewan, mid-range levels in Ontario, and the lowest in Quebec. A...

Joining the new postal parade: can Canada Post make it in the 21st century?
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT CANADIANS TEND TO DISMISS the postal sector as technologically outdated but, as Robert Campbell explains, internationally the posts are changing rapidly. Postal markets are being deregulated, and open competition now exists in...

Globalizatin: is it for real?
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, everybody is talking about globalization, and think tanks have significantly contributed to the new fad. But when one takes a closer look at their studies, it becomes evident they are not addressing the same...