Essential readings in Canadian government and politics / edited by Peter H. Russell ... [et al.].

PART 1: Understanding Canada
1. Confederation Debates / John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier
2. The French Language and the Future of Our Race / Henri Bourassa
3. The Rowell-Sirois Commission
4. The Tremblay Report
5. Equality or Independence / Daniel Johnson
6. Federalism, Nationalism, and Reason / Pierre Trudeau
7. Options for a New Canada / Charles Taylor
8. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: People to People, Nation to Nation [Native peoples, First Nations]
9. Canada: A Pioneer in the Management of Constitutional Politics in a Multinational Society / Peter H. Russell
10. Canada as a Multinational Democracy / James Tully.

PART 2: Representative Democracy
11. Fathers of Confederation/"Not Derived from the People"
12. The Electoral System and the Party System in Canada: 1921-1965 / Alan Cairns
13. Citizen Demands and Government Response / John Meisel
14. Prorogation Revisited: On Parliament and the Governor General / Eugene Forsey
15. The Party System / Janine Brodie, Jane Jenson
16. The Rise of Court Government in Canada / Donald Savoie
17. Value Clash: Parliament and Citizens After 150 Years of Responsible Government / Lisa Young
18. A New Canadian Party System / Kenneth Carty, William Cross, Lisa Young
19. Who Governs? Who Should Govern? / Grace Skogstad
20. Still Different After All These Years? / Manon Tremblay, Linda Trimble
21. Only Voters Have the Right to Decide on the Coalition / Tom Flanagan
22. What Happens Next If PM Loses Vote on Coming Budget?

PART 3: Social and Political Diversity
Section 3.1: Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism
23. Strangers Within Our Gates / J.S. Woodsworth
24. Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
25. Statement on Multiculturalism / Pierre Trudeau
26. The Ambiguities of a Bilingual and Multicultural Canada / Guy Rocher
27. Apology to Japanese Canadians / Brian Mulroney
28. The Fractious Politics of a Settler Society: Canada / Daiva Stasiulis, Radha Jhappan
29. Putting Multiculturalism in Perspective / Will Kymlicka
30. The Bouchard-Taylor Report on Accommodation Practices in Quebec
Section 3.2: Aboriginal Peoples [First Nations, Native peoples]
31. "The White Paper": Statement on Indian Policy / Jean Chrétien
32. The Unjust Society / Harold Cardinal
33. Aboriginal Rights and Land Issues: The Métis Perspective / Clément Chartier
34. Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law / John Borrows
35. Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom / Taiaiake Alfred
Section 3.3: Gender and Sexuality
36. Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
37. Will Women Judges Really Make a Difference? / Bertha Wilson
38. Patriarchy and Paternalism / Mary Ellen Turpel
38. Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada / Miriam Smith
40. The Dark Side of the Nation / Himani Bannerji
41. Still Counting / Jane Arscott, Linda Trimble.

PART 4: Federalism and Beyond
Section 4.1: Intergovernmental Relations
42. The Structural Problem of Canadian Federalism / Donald Smiley
43. The Governments and Societies of Canadian Federalism / Alan Cairns
44. Collaborative Federalism in an Era of Globalization / Stéphane Dion
45. The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism / Richard Simeon, Ian Robinson
46. Canadian Federalism and the Emerging Mosaic of Aboriginal Multilevel Governance / Martin Papillon
Section 4.2: Constitutional Politics
47. Quebec-Canada: A New Deal / Government of Quebec
48. "The Night of the Long Knives" / News Report
49. Quebec Secession Reference / Supreme Court of Canada
50. The Clarity Act / Government of Canada
51. Bill 99 / National Assembly of Quebec
52. Canada: Love It or Don't Leave It! / Alain Noël
53. Questioning Constitutional Democracy in Canada / François Rocher, Nadia Verrelli
54. Constitutional Politics: In A New Era Canada Returns to Old Methods / Peter H. Russell
55. Constitutional Change in the 21st Century / Sujit Choudhry
PART 5: The Courts and the Charter: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
56. The Judicial Committee and Its Critics / Alan Cairns
57. The Political Purposes of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Peter H. Russell
58. The Charter Dialogue Between Courts and Legislatures / Peter Hogg, A.A. Bushell
59. Courts, Legislatures and Executives in the Post-Charter Era / Beverly McLachlin
60. The Notwithstanding Clause: A Paper Tiger? / Howard Leeson
61. The Charter Revolution and the Court Party / F.L. Morton, Rainer Knopff
62. Interest Group Litigation and Canadian Democracy / Gregory Hein.

PART 6: Ideologies and Identities
63. Lecture on Political Liberalism / Wilfrid Laurier
64. Imperialism in Canada / W.W. Campbell
65. The Regina Manifesto / CCF [Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]
66. Lament for a Nation / George Grant
67. Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism in Canada / Gad Horowitz
68. A Country that Must Be Made / René Lévesque
69. White Niggers of America / Pierre Vallières
70. The Pattern of Prairie Politics / Nelson Wiseman
71. Harold Innis: Communications and Civilization / William Christian
72. The West Wants In / Preston Manning
73. Hartz-Horowitz at Twenty / Don Forbes
74. Elites, Classes, and Power in Canada / Leo Panitch
75. The Decline of Deference / Neil Nevitte
76. Fire and Ice / Michael Adams
77. While Canada Slept / Andrew Cohen
78. "Defence, Diplomacy, and Development" / Paul Martin
79. Atlantic Canada In the Twenty-First Century / Robert Finbow
80. Political Action on Stage West / Roger Gibbins.