HOW OTTAWA SPENDS 1986-87: TRACKING THE TORIES. Edited by Michael J. Prince. Toronto, Methuen, 1986. 303pp, paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-458-80140-2. Grades 12 and up Reviewed by Louise Dick Volume 16 Number 2 1988 March Carleton University's School of Public Administration presents its seventh "annual review of national priorities and federal spending." The stated aim is not to provide judgements on the Mulroney agenda but "to provide Canadians with the information necessary to form such a judgement." Following Prince's introductory chapter on Mulroney's priorities in terms of the February 1986 budget and 1986-87 Estimates, essays by various Carleton authors address (1) free trade, labour adjustment and industrial policy, (2) federal-provincial fiscal arrangements. (3) energy policy, (4) northern development, (5) the Bank of Canada and monetary policy, (6) affirmative action in the federal government, and (7) the federal Public Service. Individual authors express their own views; among the most critical essays is the study of the Bank. There is a list of tables; individual essays have full end-notes. New to this edition is an appendix of "fiscal facts and trends" in tables and graphs. Style, vocabulary and concepts are manageable for senior secondary students in advanced courses in economics and/or Canadian history. The work as a whole provides a clear mapping of the interweaving of politics and economics. Presumably, this study will be of value primarily to university students and concerned members of the electorate. Louise Dick, Branksome Hall School, Toronto, Ont.