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Political Science Constitutions

Tug of War

Ottawa and the Provinces Under Trudeau and Mulroney

by (author) David Milne

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1986
Category
Constitutions
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888629784
    Publish Date
    Jan 1986
    List Price
    $45.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888629777
    Publish Date
    Jan 1986
    List Price
    $16.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552772737
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $45.00

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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.

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