in 1975 the fight against inflation finally led to the imposition of wage and price controls. The controversy this step aroused contributed to a growing sense of political drift in Ottawa, symbolized by the prime minister's expressed doubts about the future of the free enterprise system and accentuated by surprising election results in Ontario and British Columbia. Federal-rpvincial battles over cost-shaing and control of communications persited, and the autopact showed signed of deterioration. On the international scene, the year saw the development of contractual links with Europe, and, in North America, and renewal of Norad, along with a large government bid to purchase Lockhead patrol aircraft.

This 1975 edition of the Canadian Annual Review is both a concise convenient record of the year and a responsible appraisal of these important developments. Compiled by a corps of Canadian scholars and experts writing under the direction of an outstanding Canadian historian and political commentator, it is authoritative and eminently readable. Its articles can be read consecutively for interest and instruction, or they can be spot read with ease to locate particular information.

A detailed and thorough index greatly enhances the value of this annual, now in its sixteenth year as an indispensable reference book for those concerned directly or indirectly with Canadian public affairs.

JOHN T. SAYWELL is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto.

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