CBC-TV News in Review: November 1993*
- 1993 ----- color ----- 60 min ----- vhs
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Segments: 1. Elections '93: Historic Change (22 min), the landslide victory of Jean Chretien's Liberal Party, the defeat of the Progressive Conservatives, and the rise of the Bloc Quebecois; 2. Democracy in Russia: The Guns of October (12 min), an armed conflict leads to victory for Boris Yeltsin after dissolving parliament and calling new elections; 3. Cigarette Smuggling: Beating the Tax (10 min), because of high cigarette taxes in Canada, smuggling has become very profitable, as the Mohawk Indians of Akwesasne Reserve have discovered; 4. Medicare: The Cost of Caring (12 min), a look at the success and cost of the Canadian health care system as the United States considers a plan of its own. (Closed-Captioned) (Extensive study guide available upon request) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies)
(Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
- Topics: (American Indian Studies, Canadian Studies, Economics, History: Canadian, History: Russian, East European and Central Asian, Medicine, Political Science: Canadian, Political Science: Russian, East European and Central Asian, Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies)
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