Jean Charest: The New Champion?
In Gratien Gélina's classic 1968 play Yesterday the Children Are Dancing, Pierre Gravel, a bilingual and bicultural federalist, has the enormous task imposed on him by popular demand of leaving Quebec and going to Ottawa as Minister of Justice. He is also seen as a key "saviour" of Canadian unity. The character's hesitation eventually gives way to the overwhelming pressure of popular support and his own ambitions. As an example of life imitating art, Jean Charest travels a similar road in the opposite direction and faces the same kinds of expectations and pressures as Gravel. This story examines the new political "theatre" into which fate or circumstances have thrust Jean Charest and the nature and dimensions of the role he will play.

Introduction
Great Expectations
Drawing Battle Lines
The Nature of Effective Leadership
The Shaping of the Political Process
Party Favourites
Discussion, Research, and Essay Questions

The Maple Leaf Flag: Waving the National Symbol
Nationalism, patriotism, and pride are concepts and social forces that have created unity and strength in nations throughout the world. But history has shown that from time to time they have also lead to divisiveness and political dominance. Every nation has national symbols that, for most of its citizens, represent the essence of the nation and its values. National flags are the most common of such symbols, but in addition to representing a national identity, they have also been used in such ways as claiming "new" territory or leading forces into battle. What should national symbols be? Should they be used and if so how and for what purpose? These are the fundamental questions that this story examines.

Introduction
A Question of Intent
A Thousand Words
Canadian Symbols
The Canadian Flag
The Man in the Middle
Is It About Flags?
Discussion, Research, and Essay Questions

Senator Pinochet: The Face of Chile
The South American dictator who crushed the forces of the left in his country some years ago has now appointed himself Senator for life to ensure the continuity of the right-wing rule in Chile, a country that is considered one of the most progressive in that continent. But do the means of the former "General" justify this end? At what cost to human lives and freedoms has Chile emerged as an economic powerhouse in Latin America? Like that of so many other autocrats the world has seen, Pinochet's legacy cannot be measured simply in economic terms.

Introduction
A Nation in Transition
The Legacy
In Transition
Three Against One
Hemispheric Free Trade
Expanding Horizons
Discussion, Research, and Essay Questions

HMS Toronto: Containing Iraq
From the beginning of the conflict in the Persian Gulf, Canada has had a role to play both militarily and diplomatically. In both regards, the lives of Canadian citizens have been affected and at times endangered. The Canadian Frigate HMS Toronto, the most modern warship of its class, patrols the Persian Gulf as part of the international force that has imposed and maintains a trade embargo on Saddam Hussein's régime. CBC correspondent Martin Seemungal spent 10 days aboard the ship and has produced this in-depth report for News in Review which examines the day to day realities of the Canadian men and women serving in the Persian Gulf.

Introduction
Inspecting the Troops
Escalation and Mediation
Operation Determination
Two Resolutions
The House of Commons Debates
Discussion, Research, and Essay Questions

CBC Educational Sales wishes to thank the staff of CBC Television National News, in particular Producer Hans Pohl, Host Knowlton Nash, Writers Stephanie Jenzer, Mark Bulgutch, Paul Workman, Joan Leishman, Visual Researcher Lou Kovacs, ENG Editors Robert Hilschner and Michael Dorn, and Production Co-ordinator Alex
Sutton.

Resource Guide Writers: Peter Flaherty, Stella Ostick, Elizabeth Salomons,David Steep
Web Page Design, Graphics and Production Assistant:
Jordan O’Neill
General Editor: Bob Fisher
Manager, CBC Non-Broadcast Sales: Karen Bower
Desktop publisher: Robert Ketchen
Copyeditor: Elizabeth Salomons

Closed captioning
News in Review programs are closed captioned.
Subscribers may wish to obtain decoders and
“open” these captions for the hearing impaired,
for English as a Second Language students, or for
situations in which the additional on-screen print
component will enhance learning.

CBC Non-Broadcast Sales authorizes the
reproduction of material contained in this resource
guide for educational purposes. Please identify the
source.

News in Review is distributed by CBC
Non-Broadcast Sales, a division of
CBC International Sales, Box 500, Station A,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5W 1E6 Telephone: (416) 205-6384 Fax:
(416) 205-3482
Internet address: cbclearning@cbc.ca

Copyright © 1998 Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation