Policy
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  NEW! Poverty and Inequality |
In this chapter, the author details how incomes at the bottom of the income distribution scale have dramatically eroded in Canada in recent years. | Lars Osberg | 29 | 2024 | $2.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Preface |
John S. Tyhurst | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add | |
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From  Selling Radian6From: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitts outlines the sale of Radian6 to Salesforce, a fast-growing company based on the West Coast. This led to a financial windfall for all involved. | Gordon Pitts | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
 Share the Wealth!How we can tax Canada’s super-rich and create a better country for everyone |
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, millions of Canadians suddenly found themselves out of work as businesses shuttered and the country went into lockdown. While many were struggling to … | 208 | View | ||
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From NEW! Table of Cases |
John S. Tyhurst | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add | |
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From Tackling Tax HavensFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter discusses the challenges surrounding the regulation of offshore tax havens and the powers … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Taiwan’s Innovation EconomyFrom: Inspired by Taiwan |
In this chapter, Takach traces Taiwan’s transformation from an agricultural society into a global technology leader, a shift spanning from the early 1950s to the present. | George S. Takach | 35 | 2026 | $3.50 Add |
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From  Tax CutsPart of the Problem, Not the Solution From: Canada after Harper |
Trish Hennessy relates how the obsession with tax cuts promoted by neoliberal governments has served as a convenient excuse for slashing social programs. | Trish Hennessy | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From Taxing Individual WealthFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter explores methods for taxing individual wealth, including examples of countries where this … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
 The Age of Increasing InequalityThe Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1% |
For 35 years, Canada has become vastly wealthier, but most people have not. This book documents the dramatic and rapid growth in inequality. It identifies the causes. It proposes meaningful steps … | 248 | View | ||
 The Big FixHow Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians |
More and more of the Canadian economy is dominated by a handful of huge companies that control what we buy, how we work, and which other businesses can or can’t thrive. Beyond the obvious … | Denise Hearn; Vass Bednar | 141 | 2024 | View |
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From  The Big ShiftFrom: Getting to Zero |
Discusses the urgent need to shift from carbon intensive activities in three sectors: energy (bitumen to be declared a "sunset" industry), transportation (to shift from private internal … | Tony Clarke | 37 | 2018 | $3.70 Add |
 The Big StallHow big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada |
This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil … | 304 | View | ||
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From  The Business PerspectiveFrom: The Indo-Pacific |
In this chapter, Hyder examines Canada’s commercial prospects in the Indo-Pacific region. | Goldy Hyder | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Choices that Created Economic InequalityFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 1 of this title explore the political and economic decisions and trends that have led to economic inequality in Canada. This chapter explores the conscious decisions made by the … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From The Codefather and His KidsFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter focuses on Gerry Pond, who after leaving Q1 Labs became the most important angel investor in Atlantic Canada. | Gordon Pitts | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
