Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2005

David Mutimer is a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at York University.

• Contributors Canadian Calendar Editor’s introduction – the year in review Parliament and politics by Robert Everett THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MARTIN Flirting with fiasco; May days; Summer reprieve; Final daysCOMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AND ADVERTISING ACTIVITIESInitial phases; Closing the net; First, fateful reportELECTION 26  Parties and platforms; On the trail NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS The cabinet ; House makeover: by-elections, defections, and resignations; The Stronach shock; Legislating switches; Senate; Governor General; Supreme Court; Auditor General’s reports; Ethics commissionerNATIONAL ECONOMY Economic indicators ;  Budget 25 ; A tale of two budgets; Autumn economic update ; Allocation of budget surpluses; Income trusts; Cross-border disputes: softwood lumber, missiles, and marijuanaFEDERAL-PROVINCIAL DYNAMICS Atlantic Accord ; Health careABORIGINAL AFFAIRS The Kelowna accord;  Fiscal and Statistical Management Act MAJOR POLICY AREAS Same sex marriage;  Greenhouse emissions and KyotoPERSONALITIES AND CONTROVERSIES Maher Arar inquiry ; The Grewal tapes; David Dingwall and lobbyingForeign affairs and defence by Christopher Spearin FOREIGN AFFAIRSHuman rights and poverty; Canada-Iran relations; Arar Inquiry; The Khadrs;  Sudan; G-8 Summit; Kidnappings in Iraq; Challenges in Canada-US trade; Beef; Swine  ; Wheat; Softwood lumber; Byrd Amendment; Economic integration; Global warming; Newfoundland and Labrador and the rocket controversy; China and spying; Disaster response; Asian Tsumani; Hurricane Katrina; Earthquake in PakistanDEFENCE POLICYAfghanistan; Military operations; Friendly fire incident; Ballistic missile defence; The Arctic; Submarines; Chemical agents and testing; Change in military ombudsman; Change in leadership and structure Municipal affairs by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Serena Kataoka, and Warren Magnusson CITIES IN THE MARKETPLACETHE CULTURE OF CITIES REGIONAL GOVERNANCELOCAL DEMOCRACY CITIES IN THE CONFEDERATION First Nations by Kristin Burnett FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTSThe budgets of 24- government spending on FN issues; Bill C-2; The alternate dispute resolution process; Residential schools – joint responsibility; First Ministers’ Summit on aboriginal issues; Appointments; Assembly of First NationsPROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENTSBRITISH COLUMBIA Growing protests over national resource extraction; Aboriginal rights and land claims; United Native Nations Society (UNN); Transferring services THE WEST  Housing; Court decisions; Economic development; Adoption; Stolen Sisters and Project Kare?; Elections; First Nations University of Canada (FNUC); The Powley Decision ONTARIO Residential schools; The inquiry into Ipperwash; Kashechewan;  Harvesting natural resources QUEBC Kanesatake; Natural resource development; Removal and resettlement MARITIMES  Treaty Rights  THE NORTH The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline; Nunavut; Education British Columbia by Carey Hill TWO THRONE SPEECHESPROVINCIAL BUDGETPROVINCIAL ELECTIONSINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTELABOUR ISSUES: STRIKES AND LEGISLATIONTelus ‘strike’; Independent truckers ‘strike’; Teachers’ strike; OtherSOFTWOOD LUMBER DISPUTEMININGNEW RELATIONSHIP WITH ABORIGINAL PEOPLESKELOWNA ACCORDVANCOUVER’S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONFEDERAL ELECTIONECONOMYAlberta by Harold Jansen OIL LEADS THE WAY TO AN ECONOMIC BOOM  THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS  TRAGEY IN MAYERTHORPE  WIND AND WATER: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN ALBERTA  WHERE’S THE BEEF? THE BSE CRISIS ENDS AND LAKESIDE PACKERS GOES ON STRIKE  CALGARY’S WARD 1 ELECTION SCANDAL FALLOUT  THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE  LEADERSHIP POLITICS  MISCELLANEOUS  Saskatchewan by Joseph Garcea ELECTIONS  POLITICAL PARTIES  THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNMENT  THE BUDGET  THE ECONOMY   THE JUDICIARY  INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS  ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS  Manitoba by Geoffrey Lambert THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION  POLITICS AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS  THE ECONOMY  OTHER EVENTS  The Territories by Ken Coates and Greg Poelzer THE NORTH IN CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS YUKON POLITICS NORTHWEST TERRITORIES POLITICS  NUNAVUT POLITICS ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES SOCIAL CONDITIONS THE NORTH IN 25 Ontario by Robert Drummond EDUCATION HEALTH ENERGY IPPERWASH Quebec by Daniel Salée  SHOWDOWN WITH THE STUDENTS CLAMPING DOWN ON PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES MEANWHILE, IN THE OPPOSITION CAMP...  RETHINKING QUEBEC: LUCIDES VS SOLIDAIRES  FAMILY FEUD: QUEBEC-OTTAWA RELATIONS Wrangling over maternity and parental benefits; The national day care program; Quebec’s role in international affairsANNUS HORRIBILIS?New Brunswick by Richard Wilbur THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS  ECONOMY The grim plight of the pulp and paper mills  ; Farming and fishing ; Other segments of economy present uneven pictureTHREE BIGGEST SECTORS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE: ENERGY, HEALTH, AND EDUCATIONTEnergy ; Health; EducationPrince Edward Island by Peter E. Buker THE ECONOMY  FISCAL EVENTS  POLITICS AND THE LEGISLATURE  OTHER EVENTS  Nova Scotia by Robert G. Finbow POLITICS THE LEGISLATURE THE ECONOMY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Newfoundland and Labrador by Peter Neary and Melvin Baker  Obituaries Voting tablesIndex of names Index of subjects