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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Prelude, 1991-2001 -- 2 The Canadian Alliance Leadership Campaign, 2001-2002 -- 3 Intermission, 2002-2003 -- 4 The Conservative Leadership Race, 2003-2004 -- 5 Getting Ready, 2004 -- 6 National Election, 2004 -- 7 Getting Ready Again, 2004-2005 -- 8 Winning the Race, 2005-2006 -- 9 The Ten Commandments of Conservative Campaigning -- 10 Getting Closer, 2008 -- 11 The Politics of Survival -- Appendix Political Terminology and Acronyms -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Over the last thirty years Canadian policy on aboriginal issues has come to be dominated by an ideology that sees aboriginal peoples as "nations" entitled to specific rights. Indians and Inuit now enjoy legal privileges that include the inherent right to self-government, collective property rights, immunity from taxation, hunting and fishing rights without legal limits, and free housing, education, and medical care. Underpinning these privileges is what Tom Flanagan describes as "aboriginal orthodoxy" - the belief that prior residence in North America is an entitlement to special treatment.

Theoretical research deriving from the Arrow General Impossibility Theorem has clearly demonstrated that no perfect method of aggregating votes into a collective choice exists. It is possible for all voting methods that reach a determinate outcome to pick an option that is less preferred to other available options by the majority of voters. The PR system differs in that it does not pick a winner; it merely composes a legislature. However, the party leaders then negotiate the composition of the government, & their chosen coalition might not be the voters' preferred winner. Examples of outcomes using PR & other systems, eg, first-past-the-post (FTPT) & the alternative vote (AV), in various countries are given. This paper concludes that AV offers Canada a way out of its historic difficulties. It represents a modest change, which would appeal to more cautious people, & it can easily be rescinded if it does not produce the desired benefits. J. Stanton

Explores the concepts of the status quo & structure-induced equilibrium during the development of the Canadian constitution since 1867. The decision-making rules & procedures, in regard to treatment of the status quo, for each of the three Canadian constitutions illuminate the following: (1) the first demonstrated a separation of powers among multiple authorities; (2) the second placed executive powers over the legislative; & (3) the third, representing the post-1982 power structure, allows control of the executive over the legislature with an increasingly powerful judiciary. The relations between the powers in the dual system are explored via examples of complex games between the courts & executive, & confirmation of the Rawlsian paradox is asserted. 3 Figures. L. Collins Leigh