In his 2001 volume on politics in Saskatchewan, Howard Leeson observed that vast changes were underway in the Saskatchewan polity, and he predicted that the familiar politics of the past would soon look jarringly antiquated. The contributors to this new volume--Saskatchewan Politics: Crowding the Centre--come to the conclusion that this process of change is now largely complete. As its subtitle makes clear, this new study suggests that political parties in the province have crowded closer and closer to the ideological centre. Without the fulcrum of ideological division, politics in the province appears to be more and more about personal and administrative clashes and less and less about substantive differences as to how the economy and society should be organized. In short, left and right are increasingly being left out of provincial politics. Includes a dvd of the 2006-08 Throne and budget debates between NDP leader Lorne Calvert and Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall.

"The formation of the Territorial Grain Growers Association in 1901 was not the only important event in the early history of what has come to be known broadly as the agrarian movement in the Canadian prairies, but it was a defining moment in some respects. Arguably it signalled the formation of an agrarian class, but at least it was an indicator of an awakening of a democratic consciousness among family farmers. Ultimately, the Association provided a venue for analysis and critique, the development of strategies and tactics, and of course the nurturing of leadership and organizational forms that would have a profound influence upon politics and the state in the three prairie provinces and the Dominion, as well as the creation of co-operatives and other forms of direct action. These eighteen essays honouring the 100th anniversary (in 2001) of the formation of the TGGA explore important aspects of the historical legacy of the agrarian movement and contemplate their relevance to the current setting for the rural prairies."--pub. desc.

Award-winning and critically acclaimed historian Helen Rappaport turns to the tragic story of the daughters of the last Tsar of all the Russias, slaughtered with their parents at Ekaterinburg.

To help Canadians digest this deluge of advice and to trace the roots of the decisions to be made in 2003, this brief paper summarizes the main themes in the eight reports and identifies the areas of agreement and disagreement. [...] Romanow and Beyond: A Primer on Health Reform Issues in Canada 1 Introduction Canadians are currently awaiting the release of the final report from the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (the Romanow Commission) expected at the end of November 2002. [...] Increase the Role of the Private Sector A number of reports raised the issue of increasing the role of the private sector. [...] A twenty-four member forum was established by the Prime Minister in 1994 to involve and inform Canadians and to advise the federal government on innovative ways to improve the health system and the health of Canada's people. [...] An eleven-member Committee of the Senate of Canada was authorized in March 2001 to examine the principles on which Canada's publicly funded health care system is based; the historical development of the health care system; health care systems in foreign jurisdictions; the pressures and constraints of Canada's health care system; and, the role of the federal government in Canada's health care syste.

The second in a series of three volumes presenting a selection of the best studies prepared for the Romanow Commission, this volume focuses on the problem of change in health care and health systems. Combining the talents of experienced health policy experts with innovative researchers, the resulting studies provide unique perspectives on the difficult issues under scrutiny, including complexity in health systems, management of human resources, organizational control and regulation, and public engagement. Commissioned and prepared with applicability as the foremost criteria, all of the studies presented in this volume offer solutions in managing obstacles to change. Each study also includes an appraisal of the most recent literature in the field.