The Northwest Territories and its future constitutional and political development: an examination of the Drury Report

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Funston, Bernard W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1982
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Morton; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400004496; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400004496

‘No scheme of Canadian historiography yet advanced is wholly satisfactory because none as yet takes account of the occurrence of the North’ (Morton, 1970, p 31). Where Canadian historiography has been silent, studies of Canadian federalism have chosen to ignore. The Northwest Territories (NWT) and die Yukon Territory have certainly never been major actors in national political forums, nor have they yet to play a significant role in the political processes surrounding the two major preoccupations of Canadian federalism, namely the economy and national unity.