Political Science Constitutions
Tug of War
Ottawa and the Provinces Under Trudeau and Mulroney
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1986
- Category
- Constitutions
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780888629784
- Publish Date
- Jan 1986
- List Price
- $45.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888629777
- Publish Date
- Jan 1986
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552772737
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $45.00
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Description
First published in 1986, Tug of War offers an analytical look at power struggles between provincial and federal governments during the 1980s.
With one provincial government urging secession, another attacking Ottawa's energy policies by deliberately limiting the flow of oil to the rest of the country, and the national government intent on ratifying a new Constitution with or without provincial assent, Canadian governments faced the 1980s in fighting form.
A witty, relentless but fair-minded analyst, Milne strips away partisan rhetoric, and offers a close examination of the ebb and flow of Canadian politics in the first half of the 1980s.
About the author
David Milne teaches Canadian politics at the University of Prince Edward Island and has advised PEI governments on constitutional matters. He is the author of Tug of War: Ottawa and the Provinces under Trudeau and Mulroney and co-editor of The Garden Transformed: Prince Edward Island 1945-1980.
