The B.C. NDP's economic record.
Dear Inroads editors, IN A RECENT EDITION OF THIS JOURNAL (Inroads 11, pp. 203-13), David Bond highlighted the fact that British Columbia experienced the slowest per capita GDP growth in Canada during the 1990s, and suggested that the province's NDP government was "perhaps the single largest factor...

Drowned land holds clue to first Americans.
Combining the skills of the late Jacques Cousteau and Louis Leakey, two Canadian researchers have gone off the deep end to address one of the biggest questions in anthropology: How did people first make their way to the Americas? Using sophisticated underwater techniques, the scientists have mapped out a...

Eau Canada; the future of Canada's water.
9780774813402 Eau Canada; the future of Canada's water. Ed. by Karen Bakker. U. of British Columbia Press 2007 417 pages $29.95 Paperback HD1696 Contributors of these 18 articles, which include geographers,...

The triumph of citizenship; the Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67.
9780774813808 The triumph of citizenship; the Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67. Roy, Patricia E. U. of British Columbia Press 2007 390 pages $85.00 Hardcover FC3850 Roy (emerita history, U. of...

A history of migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939.
9780774812153 A history of migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939. Wagner, Jonathan. U. of British Columbia Press 2006 284 pages $85.00 Hardcover IFC106 Wagner (history, Minot State U.) describes how the...

Last Word: Media Coverage of the Supreme Court of Canada.
9780774812436 The last word; media coverage of the Supreme Court of Canada. Sauvageau, Florian et al. U. of British Columbia Press 2006 260 pages $85.00 Hardcover Law and society series KE8244...

All the comforts of wilderness: At British Columbia's guest ranches and remote lodges, enjoy stellar scenery, gourmet meals, and uncommon hospitality. (Travel).
We've ridden down a narrow dell to the edge of an aspen-ringed meadow, where a quarter-mile of sunstruck pasture beckons. Urging our horses on, we break into a canter that takes us past a placid pond and Onto a broad trail that veers into the woods. We're...

The reign of Jean Chretien.
LAST SUMMER, I WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR the Annuaire du Quebec on Jean Chretien's decade-long reign. The first draft was composed on an idyllic afternoon here in East Vancouver. Beyond my kitchen's open windows were scarlet geraniums on the balcony; a background of pines, hemlocks and larches in the...

Community treatment orders and Nova Scotia - the least restrictive alternative?
Introduction Community treatment order, community committal, involuntary outpatient commitment, mandatory outpatient treatment, leave certificates: these are all similar terms used to define a legal tool or mechanism currently used in mental health reform legislation. Generally, a community treatment order [hereinafter CTO] is issued by a medical practitioner...

The role and powers of forensic psychiatric review boards in Canada: recent developments.
I. Introduction: Overview of the Law of Forensic Psychiatry The law of forensic psychiatry deals with the criminal justice system's response to criminal conduct caused by mental disorder. In 1992, Canada wholly rewrote its forensic psychiatry law. Parliament enacted a new Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code...