00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.832388 CaOODSP 20221107145953 cr ||||||||||| 170215s1985 onc #ob f000 0 eng d 0-8020-7280-1 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- Z1-1983/1-41-36E-PDF Z1-1983/1-41-36E Party government and regional representation in Canada [electronic resource] / Peter Aucoin, research coordinator. Toronto : University of Toronto Press : Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada, c1985. xv, 161, [5] p. Collected research studies, 0829-2396 ; 36 Digitized edition from print produced by Privy Council Office of Canada. Issued also in French under title: Les partis et la représentation régionale au Canada. Includes bibliographical references. "If there is one constant that emerges from a study of Canada's national political parties since Confederation, it is that they are uniquely placed to accommodate the conflicting demands inherent in a federal system. For much of the country's history, they have acted as the principal conciliators of the society's tensions. In so doing, political parties have commonly been accepted as the sinews of a healthy Canadian federalism. But it is equally obvious that for the past quarter century the governing party in Ottawa has chosen not to play this traditional role. Instead, it has defined the political contest and promoted policies such as language, the Charter and medicare, which overarch the social and territorial divisions of the country. In short, while national parties have the power to court the regions, the Liberal Party in the last two and a half decades has chosen not to do so."--p. 1. gccst Commissions of inquiry gccst Political parties gccst Regional development Aucoin, Peter, 1943- Canada. Privy Council Office. Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. Les partis et la représentation régionale au Canada (CaOODSP)9.832389 The Collected research studies (Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada) 0829-2396 ; 36. (CaOODSP)9.831432 PDF 80.93 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/bcp-pco/Z1-1983-1-41-36-eng.pdf