CANADA ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE 21ST CENTURY European Reflections upon the Future of Canada -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements / Remerciements -- Preface / Préface -- Foreword / Avant-propos -- Keynote Addresses Discours principaux -- Canada on the Threshold of the 21st Century -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- European Reflections upon the Future of Canada -- Introduction -- Demography -- Human settlement -- Environmental challenges -- Economic Transformations -- Domestic Politics -- Aboriginal issues -- Identity -- International relations -- Concluding remarks -- The Future of Canadian-European Relations seen from a European Community Perspective -- The Future of Canadian-European Relations -- Trade relations -- Foreign investment -- Cooperation with Eastern countries -- Political Dialogue -- GATT -- Conclusion -- Demographic Challenges to the Canadian Society -- Demographic Challenges: An Introduction -- Introduction -- Demographic change -- Demographic distribution -- Cultural and Ethnic Composition -- Demographic and economic futures -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Demographic Challenges to the Canadian Society -- Introduction -- Background -- The situation -- Conclusion -- References -- Looking to the Year 2000: Challenges for Labour Market Policy in Canada -- Introduction -- Changes in the labour market and their implications for the future of labour market policy -- Development and Direction of Canadian Labour Market Policy During Recent Years -- Possible future prospects -- Notes -- The Changing Canadian Labour Force -- Introduction -- Changes in the working population in Canada -- The labour force and participation rates -- Future size of the Canadian labour force -- Employment -- Part-time working -- Unemployment -- Conclusion -- References -- Health and Demography.

Introduction -- Methodological problems -- Medicine determines demography -- Demography determines medicine and health care -- Concluding statements -- Notes -- References -- Changing Ethnic Patterns in the Canadian Population 1970-2000 -- Towards the future. -- The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change: An Overview -- Introduction -- Potential economic growth -- Dependency and economic dependency ratios -- Enrolments and expenditures on education -- Effect on housing -- The effect on the justice system -- The effect on promotion possibilities -- The economic effects on demographic variables -- References -- Environmental Challenges to the Canadian Society -- Introduction -- Environmental Challenges to the Canadian Society -- Introduction -- Environmental problems affecting Canada -- Concluding remarks -- Will the Forestry Sector in Canada be able to pass the Threshold of the 21st Century? -- Introduction -- The importance of the forests in the national economy -- Canada as a producer of wood products -- Forest management and wood production -- The forest and the public -- Conclusions -- References -- Le droit des déchets dangereux au Canada et en Europe -- Introduction -- Une répartition différente des compétences juridiques en matière de gestion des déchets dangereux -- Un renforcement des politiques fédérales et communautaires de contrôle des déchets dangereux -- L'harmonisation des politiques et des législations relatives aux déchets dangereux au Canada et en Europe. -- Notes -- Transforming Canada's Economy: Challenges and Opportunities -- Introduction -- Canada in the World Economy -- Introduction -- Canada's changing economic profile -- Second Option is Back -- Canadian Response to the Challenge of Interdependence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

The Canada/U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Its Broad Potential Effects on the Canadian Economy as a Whole and on Canada's Regions -- Introduction -- The Removal of Canadian Tariffs and Other Barriers to U.S. Exports. -- Removal of U.S. Barriers to Trade -- The Net Effect of Reducing Both Canadian and U.S. Trade Barriers -- Reducing the Risk of Losses from Increased U.S. Protection -- Will Canadians Become 'Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water'? -- Short-run Difficulties Facing Canadian Manufacturing -- The Pattern of Investment in Canada -- Energy -- Independence -- Dispute Settlement -- A Mexican Connection? -- Canada's Forest Products Industry: Challenges and Prospects -- Introduction -- Canada's Forest Product Industry: -- The Period of Transition: Old and New Systems -- Prospects and Strategies: The New Era -- Acknowledgements -- References -- An Overview of the Development of a Natural Resource Based Economy: The Supply of Output in Saskatchewan -- Introduction -- Per capita real output and income -- Agriculture -- Non-renewable natural resources -- The non-resource sectors of the economy -- Conclusion -- Tables -- References -- Evolving Systems of Human Settlement in Canada -- Introduction -- Les établissements humains au Canada à l'aube du XXIe siècle -- Introduction -- La trame des établissements humains au Canada et la logique mercantiliste -- Les aspects socio-culturels du peuplement canadien -- La restructuration en cours de l'espace canadien -- Conclusion -- Urbanization in Canada: Models vs Recent and Future Trends -- Introduction -- Counter-urbanization -- Stages of Urban Development -- Empirical Evidence for Canada: Recent Urbanization Trends -- Conclusions and Discussion -- References -- Urban Policy: One Canada or Ten? An Integrated Speculative Scenario towards the 21st Century.

Canada and the Regional City: Reflections on Federalism, Metropolitan Governance, and Comparative Urban Analysis -- Introduction -- Local Autonomy and Metropolitan Problem-Solving in North America: A Brief Overview. -- Bureaucratic Control and Provincial Paternalism. -- Aspects of Recent Urban Policy in Canada. -- Urban Redevelopment and the Provinces. -- The Regional Response: Metropolitan Governance and Regional Districts. -- Divergent Patterns in Metropolitan Growth Management: An Argument Against Continentalism -- Notes -- References -- Urban Change in Ontario: What if the Trend Continues? -- Introduction -- Spatial structure of urban growth -- Past and future population change in Ontario -- Population growth in the Toronto region -- Discussion -- What if the trend continues? -- Conclusion -- References: -- Vers une nouvelle urbanisation du Québec? -- L'évolution du processus d'urbanisation: de la concentration à la déconcentration et à la réurbanisation -- Les années '70 et '80: le scénario des transformations -- Vers une nouvelle urbanisation? -- Bibliographie -- Identity in the Making: Emerging Canadian Culture and Images of Canadianness -- Introduction -- Myths, Power, Language, and the Stratification of Identities. Canadian Cultures in Community: an English Canadian Explores -- Note -- References -- Competing Visions and Language Policies for Canada -- Introduction -- Central issues of the Meech Lake Accord -- Evaluating the Meech Lake failure -- References -- Canadian Identity and the Challenge of Multiculturalism -- Two Multiculturalisms -- Multiculturalism and 'Culture' -- The Postulate of a Universal Base -- Multiculturalism and the 'Holes' in Cultures -- Instead of a Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Le pluri-ethnisme canadien: au déla de la fusion et de la confusion? -- Les enjeux du multiculturalisme au Canada.

Intégration et pluri-ethnisme en France et aux Etats-Unis -- Au delà de la fusion et de la confusion: l'originalité du Canada et quelques scénarios possibles -- Notes -- Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, and the Francophone Community: The Emergence of a New Canadian Identity -- Un avenir multiculturel pour la littérature québécoise? -- Notes -- Bibliographie -- Quebec Cinema as a Mirror of Identity -- Reference -- The Invention of the Past: Post-Colonial Elements in Recent English Canadian Fiction -- References -- No Transcendental Image: Canadianness in Contemporary Women's Fictions in English -- Notes -- References -- Canadian Woman's 'Ultimate Frontier' in Aritha van Herk's Fictional World: A Search for Self-Definition and Self-Assertion -- Notes -- References -- Anti-survivalism in Prairie Fiction -- References -- Canadianness in English Canadian Literature: A Comment -- References -- Canada's Changing Political Power Structure -- Introduction -- Canada's Changing Political Power Structure -- Introduction -- Some retrospective observations -- Factors influencing power change -- Economic arenas -- The arena of democratic competitive politics. -- The federal-provincial arena. -- The individual/elite arena. -- References -- Models of Federalism and Canada's Political Crisis -- I -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- VII. -- VIII. -- IX. -- X. -- Acknowledgement -- References -- From Trudeau to Mulroney: The Political Economy of Constitutional Reform in Canada, 1980-1990 -- Introduction: From Conflict to Accommodation -- Quebec: The New Politics of Tranquility -- The Western Provinces: Full and Equal Partners in Confederation? -- The Atlantic Provinces: 'Feudal Federalism'? -- Ontario: The 'Golden Hinge' of Confederation -- Conclusion: Conflict and Consensus, 1980-1990 -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References.

L'échec de l'Accord du Lac Meech et l'avenir constitutionnel du Canada.