Bruce Campbell

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Corporate Rules

The Real World of Business Regulation in Canada

This book offers documentation for the first time of how corporations have captured Canadian government agencies set up to protect the public. Twenty-one authors, experts in their fields, … 328 View

Living with Uncle

Canada-US Relations in an Age of Empire

Invaluable information on key issues for Canadians — energy, water, security and surveillance, military integration, social services Living With Uncle examines the new realities of … ; 280 View

Medicare

Facts, Myths, Problems & Promise

Most health care professionals are committed to the principles of medicare, and so are most other Canadians. Yet everyone recognizes that the health care system has serious problems, and often … ; View

The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Public Betrayal, Justice Denied

This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials … 216 View
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Introduction

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An overview of Canada-US relations highlited the 1988 FTA, 9/11, NAFTA and trying to achieve a goal of economic unions with the US ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Introduction

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Overview of the town of Lac-Mégantic, its relation to railroads, and the rail disaster of 2013, placed within the context of government deregulation of key industries like transportation and … 6 $0.60 Add
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Preface

From: Medicare

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Gives a definition of Medicare so as to pinpoint the difference between the term in Canada and the US, a brief history of Medicare in Canada, outlines the conference in 2007 that led to this book. ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Liberators

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Introduces the concept of neoliberalism and its prioritization of deregulation and privatization. Analyzes the process of privatization and deregulation in the Canadian rail industry. Introduces … 10 $1.00 Add
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The North American Deep Integration Agenda:

A Critical Overview

From: Living with Uncle

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Addresses the concept of deep integration—still largely unknown in the Canadian public arena—by addressing six questions:What is it? Where did it come from and where is it now? Where … 23 $2.30 Add
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Railway Makeover

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Discusses the privatization of CN Rail, and the impact of NAFTA on rail regulations. Identifies why privatized rail firms cut staffing levels, how the federal government allowed private rail … 13 $1.30 Add
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Oil-Lobby Power, Railway-Lobby Power

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Analyzes the rise of Stephen Harper against the backdrop of Big Oil interests. Identifies how oil lobby, backed by rail lobby, and supported by Harper pushed through additional deregulation. He … 12 $1.20 Add
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Pipeline on Wheels

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Identifies how big corporations moved to get fracked North Dakota Bakken oil and bitumen to refineries, regularly ignoring basic safety practices. 9 $0.90 Add
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A Crew of One

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored … 13 $1.30 Add
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Harper and Harrison

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Eve of Destruction

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Analyzes how by 2012 the conditions were set for some kind of rail disaster: too litte regulation and few qualified inspectors. Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway was unprepared for … 18 $1.80 Add