American Review of Canadian Studies articles from December 1997

American Review of Canadian Studies archives from December 1997

Assessing the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
December 22, 1997... January 1, 1998, will mark the ninth anniversary of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). In its short life, this agreement has instigated major changes in the Canadian economy and had significant consequences for the conduct of Canadian...

Quebec's culture policy: will increased autonomy matter?
December 22, 1997... Nations are differentiated primarily through the unique characteristics of their culture; thus almost by definition, each one has a set of laws, regulations, funding initiatives, and institutions (the "policy complex") that promotes the...

Beyond the crystal ball: modelling predictions about Quebec and Canada.
December 22, 1997... Within the field of Canadian politics, intense debate over the constitution is a central and abiding concern. Given the failure of the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, it is suitable to reflect on Canada--and especially Quebec--as a...

Recline of party: armchair democracy and the Reform Party of Canada.
December 22, 1997... If one were asked to go spelunking around the dim caverns of neology to come up with a satisfactory label for the type of political energy currently driving modern liberal democracies, one could do worse than to settle for "centrifugalism."...

Some comments on Earl Fry's discussion of the economic dimension of Quebec, Canada, and United States relations.
December 22, 1997... Although some readers of ARCS may well take issue with some of the comments I offer here, and others will want to supplement what is readily acknowledged to be inadequate analysis, I do hope that most will agree with my sense that Earl Fry's...

Economic costs of Quebec's separation will be steep: response.
December 22, 1997... It is a pleasure to comment on the article by my friend and esteemed colleague, Pierre-Paul Proulx. His article is a very informative one for a U.S. audience, for it provides a good representation of the arguments being put forward by...

Canada, Quebec, and the United States: some second thoughts.
December 22, 1997... Fourteen months ago I was among several American political scientists who contributed articles to these pages assessing the situation in Canada and Quebec immediately after the October 1995 Sovereignty Referendum. At that time I offered some...

Plus ca change: Canada and Quebec in the year since the 1995 referendum.
December 22, 1997... In my article on the 1995 Referendum, I concluded that most French-speaking Quebeckers--on the No side as well as the Yes--voted for fundamental change in Quebec's relation with the rest of Canada. Thus, resolution of the constitutional impasse...

1995 Quebec referendum and Canadian unity: a perspective from one year's distance.
December 22, 1997... Although much time has elapsed since the voters of Quebec went to the polls in Quebec's second modern referendum, a visitor to Canada who had not been there since October of 1995 might be surprised to find the social and political situation of...

Stick, the carrot, and the people of Quebec.
December 22, 1997... By the winter of 1997, Quebeckers' sentiments toward Canada had hardly changed. If another referendum had been held then, the results would have shown, in all likelihood, the same tragic polarization as on 30 October 1995. A public opinion poll...

Lettre fraternelle, raisonnee et urgente a mes concitoyens immigrants.
December 22, 1997... Two nations, between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy, who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets.... --Benjamin Disraeli...

Moving Alaskan oil to market: Canadian national interests and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 1968-73.
December 22, 1997... On 18 July 1968, Robert Anderson, chairman of the Atlantic Richfield Company, announced that "one of the largest petroleum accumulations known to the world today" had been discovered on the north slope of Alaska. (1) Estimated to contain...

Mouton de Troie: changes in Quebec cultural symbolism.
December 22, 1997... Tuons saint Jean-Baptiste! Brulons le carton-pate des traditions avec lequel on a voulu mythifier notre esclavage. Apprenons l'orgueil d'etre hommes. Affirmons fortement notre independance. Et ecrasons de notre liberte robuste le paternalisme...

Rethinking the 1971 White paper and (Pierre Elliott) Trudeau's impact on Canadian defense policy.
December 22, 1997... Introduction The accession of Pierre Elliott Trudeau in 1968 as prime minister of Canada, a post that he would hold for almost sixteen years, save nine months in opposition, began with the new leader explicitly exerting control over...