National Identity

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The Sleepy Gardeners

The Trudeau Years

From: The Tangled Garden

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Canadian policy regarding media and cultural industries in the Trudeau’s government first term (2015 to 2019). How giant American media corporations – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and … 26 $2.60 Add
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Undoing the Damage of the Conservatives

From: Canada is Not Back

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Examines the foreign affairs policies of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, specifically analyzing Canada’s bid during the Harper era for a seat on the UN Security Council. … 11 $1.10 Add
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Federalism, Nationalism, and Reason

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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1968 essay by Pierre Elliott Trudeau on the concept of Canadian federalism in opposition to nationalism. ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Manifesto

From: The Tangled Garden

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Summarizes why Canada’s media industry is at a crisis and why, absent intervention, remaining major media are likely to shut down. Canadian media institutions like Postmedia, the Toronto … 33 $3.30 Add
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“The West Wants In”

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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Text of 1987 speech by Preston Manning in support of creating a new federal political party with western roots to advance an agenda for constitutional, economic, and social change. ; ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Conclusion

From: The Tangled Garden

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Sums up book’s argument with a rationale for why it’s important to protect Canadian cultural expression, and why there is still time to do so. 6 $0.60 Add
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Shared and Divergent Values

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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1991 essay by Charles Taylor in support of a "deep" diversity to promote equality and unity. ; ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Canada—A Pioneer in the Management of Constitutional Politics in a Multi-national Society

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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2000 essay by Peter H. Russell arguing that Canada stumbled into a management of constitutional politics through incomplete conquests and without rational choice or abstract philosophy. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Canada as a Multinational Democracy

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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Excerpt of an introduction by James Tully to a study of multinational democracies, setting out what a democratic constitution needs to accommodate members of a multinational society. ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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The Electoral System and the Party System in Canada, 1921–1965

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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1968 paper by Alan Cairns suggesting that the electoral system has played a major role in the evolution of parties, and that the party system has not necessarily been an important nationalizing agency. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Party System

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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1990 article by Janine Brody and Jane Jenson arguing that the Canadian electorate’s support of political parties is not modernized but continues to be differentiated by religion, language … ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Public Opinion and Canadian Identity

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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Excerpt of a 1967 book by Mildred Schwartz examining the effect of regionalism of the influence of party on the formation of Canada’s identity. ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Quebec-Canada: A New Deal

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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1979 Parti Québécois White Paper setting out sovereignty-association as a replacement for Quebec’s role in federalism. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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A Dangerous Deed: The Constitution Act, 1982

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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1983 article by Donald V. Smiley arguing that the gains from enacting the Constitution Act, 1982 were outweighed by damage done to Canada’s legal, political and constitutional order. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Constitutional Politics: In a New Era Canada Returns to Old Methods

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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2006 article by Peter H. Russell describing how Canadian constitutional politics moved from an era of large scale reform to an era of quiet, incremental, organic constitutionalism. ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Unfulfilled Union: Canadian Federalism and National Unity

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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Excerpt of a 1989 book by Garth Stevenson, Unfulfilled Union: Canadian Federalism and National Unity, proposing that political economy, moreso than culture, explains the strength of Canadian … ; ; 7 $0.70 Add