Canadian Politics

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Devastation and Protest

The Depression in the West

From: The Rise of the New West

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1930s, the unprepared farmers and works and the government response to the situation. Outlines the founding of social credit and the CCF 42 $4.20 Add
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Dissolving, Dividing, Distressing

Examining Cutbacks to Programs Responding to Sexual Violation

From: Care and Consequences

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Drugs

Regulatory Capture and the Disabling of Drug Safety at Health Canada

From: Corporate Rules

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In this chapter, Michèle Brill-Edwards provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Canadian government has quietly disabled the safety system for drugs in Canada. The Food and Drugs Act … 23 $2.30 Add
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Equality

From: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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Chapter 6 deals with the Charter’s “equality rights,” perhaps the most challenging section of the document. Beginning in 1989, the Supreme Court set out a test for the … 64 $6.40 Add
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Equality or Independence

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

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1965 essay by Daniel Johnson adopted by the Union Nationale party as a platform for Quebec independence if Quebec could not achieve equality with the rest of Canada through constitutional reform. ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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From the Quiet Revolution to the First Sovereignty Referendum

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

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1963-1980. Looks at the dramatic social change in francophone Quebec and the Quiet Revolution as a society-wide movement that imbraced Trade Unions, the women’s movement, and even the … 33 $3.30 Add
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Get With the Program

From: How Government Really Works

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Chapter 6 explores the context and scope of government programs and services, challenges bureaucrats face when delivering those programs and services and drivers that influence costs and demands … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Hamilton I

The Freedom to Live with Some Dignity

From: The Case for Basic Income

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This chapters explores Ontario’s basic income project in Hamilton, focusing on how basic income can improve public health. ; ; 25 $2.50 Add
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How the Media Turned Nova Scotia Against Its Teachers (2010-2014)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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Increasing Income Taxes for the One Per Cent

From: Share the Wealth!

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Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter discusses the benefits to increasing income taxes for the top one percent of earners in … ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Independence or Control

Ten Years at The Spectator

From: Their Town

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The study of Hamilton’s one newspaper in the fourth chapter illustrates how the policies of a large business organization can lead to a more vigorous and critical local political life, but … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Italy: The New Silk Road: Part 1

Part II: Middle Powers

From: China Unbound

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Chapter 5 provides a comprehensive case study of China’s relationship with Italy and China-EU relations more broadly. Key topics discussed include Marco Polo, the historic Silk Road, … 32 $3.20 Add
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Latimer

Guilty

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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Looks at the trial of Robert Latimer and the jury’s verdict of guilty in the mercy killing of his terminally ill daughter Tracy 24 $2.40 Add
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Laurier and the Golden A ge of Federalism, 1896–1911

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

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Discusses federalism under Sir Wilfrid Laurier from 1896 to 1911, when Alberta and Saskatchewan were established as provinces. 11 $1.10 Add
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Money in Politics

The Ethics of Election Finance Regulation and Expense Claims Oversight

From: Honest Politics Now

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Examines attempts by federal and provincial governments, dating from the 1970s, to constrain undue influence by both publicizing and placing limits on campaign contributions and fundraisers. … 28 $2.80 Add
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Multiculturalism already unbound

From: Home and Native Land

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Considers how forms of citizenship participation practiced by Indian immigrants within the multicultural framework of Canada simultaneously configure local and transnational community … 24 $2.40 Add