Federal Policy

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Conclusion
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Conclusion

From: Leading Progess

In the concluding chapter, Russell suggests that the key moment in PIPSC’s history occurred in 1967, when the Public Service Staff Relations Act allowed federal public servants to unionize. 16 $1.60 Add
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Conclusion: Standing Up to Corporate Giants

Conclusion: Standing Up to Corporate Giants

From: The Big Fix

In this conclusion, Hearn and Bednar examine Canadian resistance to corporate power from the 1990s through 2023. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Conclusion: Summarizing the case for reform and renewal on the path to a better Canada
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Conclusion: Summarizing the case for reform and renewal on the path to a better Canada

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this conclusion, Malone examines how legislative safeguards have been weakened while anti-democratic measures have advanced under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. 8 $0.80 Add
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Corporate Welfare Bums: The Golden Age of Handouts
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Corporate Welfare Bums: The Golden Age of Handouts

From: At the Trough

In this chapter, Carbonneau traces the expansion of Canadian corporate subsidies from the late 1940s through the 1980s, when federal and provincial governments increasingly directed public money … 11 $1.10 Add
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Crises and Canada Remade, 2000–25: The Challenge of  the Present
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Crises and Canada Remade, 2000–25: The Challenge of the Present

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this short overview chapter focusing on the period of 2000-2025, Palmer discusses the dominant market-oriented neoliberal policies of the period. 4 $0.40 Add
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Digital Sovereignty Is Both National and Personal
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Digital Sovereignty Is Both National and Personal

From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World

In this chapter, Tapscott examines how artificial intelligence and the collapse of the postwar order threaten Canada’s independence. 13 $1.30 Add
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Editor's Introduction
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Editor’s Introduction

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham introduces the diaries of Jim Coutts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, serving from 1975 to 1981. 3 $0.30 Add
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Envisioning a Fairer, More Vibrant Economy

Envisioning a Fairer, More Vibrant Economy

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine Canada’s June 2024 amendments to the Competition Act and argues for a fundamental reimagining of competition policy. ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Ethics Commissions

Ethics Commissions

From: Honest Politics Now

Describes Canadian experiments in the enforcement of political ethics through conflict of interest and ethics commissioners in the provinces and territories, and at the federal level ; 36 $3.60 Add
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Ethics of Lobbying and In fluence

Ethics of Lobbying and In fluence

From: Honest Politics Now

Discusses lobbying legislation across Canada and presents several case studies about the impact of this legislation. 32 $3.20 Add
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Federalism in the Twenty-First Century, 2003–2017

Federalism in the Twenty-First Century, 2003–2017

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

Discusses developments in the Canadian federation and relations between Ottawa and the provinces from 2003 to 2017 with focus on health care and environmental concerns. 28 $2.80 Add
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Finland: Lobbyists Out of the Shadows — Automatic Public Access to Registries, Keeping an eye on the murky world of lobbying with open data, digital registries, and default disclosure
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Finland: Lobbyists Out of the Shadows — Automatic Public Access to Registries, Keeping an eye on the murky world of lobbying with open data, digital registries, and default disclosure

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone traces Finland’s 2019 lobbying scandal into the 2023 Transparency Register, then contrasts that open-data achievement with Canada’s narrow, poorly enforced … 22 $2.20 Add
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Flirting with China

Flirting with China

From: Canada is Not Back

Provides background Trudeau’s relationship and experiences with China through his early life, his days as the Liberal leader and into his term as prime minister. Explores what is described … 14 $1.40 Add
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From austerity to modesty
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From austerity to modesty

Corporate kowtowing limits government tax reforms

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at the Trudeau government’s record on taxes and progressive taxation. ; 19 $1.90 Add
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From “institutional daycare” to “early learning and child care for all”
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From “institutional daycare” to “early learning and child care for all”

The Trudeau government's changing child care file

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter assesses the Trudeau record on child care and early learning. ; 16 $1.60 Add
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From prohibition to harm reduction
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From prohibition to harm reduction

Transforming Canada’s drug policies

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at the Trudeau government’s approach to drug reform– one that sought an end to policies of prohibition and criminalization and instead prioritized public health and … 18 $1.80 Add