Canadian Politics
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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NEW! The Attack on Nova Scotia’s SchoolsThe story behind 25 years of tumultuous change |
Nova Scotia’s public schools and their students have faced dramatic conflict and drastic change over the past 25 years. While critics charge that schools are failing kids, teachers have … | Grant Frost | 180 | 2020 | View |
The Canadian Labour MovementA Short History |
The Canadian Labour Movement tells the story of Canada’s workers since the mid-nineteenth century, painting a vivid picture of key developments, such as the birth of craft unionism, the … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 240 | 2020 | View |
NEW! The Case for Basic IncomeFreedom, Security, Justice |
Inequality is up. Decent work is down. Free market fundamentalism has been exposed as a tragic failure. In a job market upended by COVID-19—with Canadians caught in the grip of precarious … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 264 | 2021 | View |
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms30+ years of decisions that shape Canadian life |
Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms has transformed Canadian life since it was adopted as part of the Canadian constitution in 1982. The Charter requires judges to make decisions on a … | Ian Greene | 440 | 2014 | View |
The Court and the ConstitutionLeading Cases, 2nd Edition |
The Court and The Constitution: Leading Cases, 2nd Edition is a revised and updated collection of edited decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada. These landmark rulings are organized to … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 611 | 2017 | View |
NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court50 Years of History |
The Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court are unique among Canada’s courts because they are itinerant — they hear cases in all parts of Canada — as well as being bilingual … | Craig Forcese; Ian Greene; Martine Valois; Peter McCormick | 682 | 2021 | View |
The Golden Age of LiberalismA Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc |
This book explores the life and times of Roméo LeBlanc, one of Canada’s most popular and successful politicians and statesmen. Probably best known as the long-standing fisheries … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 376 | 2011 | View |
The Next Big Thing |
Canadian journalist and political insider Dalton Camp left behind a powerful legacy, including books, essays, and newspaper columns on Canadian politics and public policy. To both celebrate his … | Philip Lee | 208 | 2014 | View |
The Reconciliation ManifestoRecovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy |
In this book, leading Indigenous rights activist Arthur Manuel offers a radical challenge to Canada and Canadians. He questions virtually everything non- Indigenous Canadians believe about their … | Arthur Manuel | 312 | 2017 | View |
The Right to DieThe courageous Canadians who gave us the right to a dignified death |
"Who owns my life?" Sue Rodriguez was dying of a form of ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease) when she asked this question of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1993. She was fighting for … | Gary Bauslaugh | 290 | 2016 | View |
The Rise of the New WestThe History of a Region in Confederation |
This one-volume history chronicles a 150-year history of dramatic changes in fortune and attitudes in western Canada. From the Riel Rebellions and the Winnipeg General Strike to the founding of … | John F. Conway | 400 | 2014 | View |
The Secret Power of JuriesWhat jurors in Canada aren't being told about their rights -- and what we can do about it |
Canadians know that the jurors at a trial decide the defendant’s guilt or innocence according to the law of the land. What they don’t know is how far that right actually goes, and … | Gary Bauslaugh | 216 | 2013 | View |
The Tangled GardenA Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age |
The emergence of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (the FAANGs) has created an unprecedented challenge to Canada’s news, television and film businesses. In this book Richard … | Richard Stursberg | 224 | 2019 | View |
The World After CovidThe Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic |
From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future. During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk … | Rudyard Griffiths | 153 | 2021 | View |
Their TownThe Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine |
This book is a classic of its kind — a no-holds-barred portrait of Hamilton civic life in the 1970s. The focus is on power — and the powerful. On the surface, power was wielded by the … | Bill Freeman; Marsha Aileen Hewitt | 166 | 2016 | View |
Too Dumb for Democracy? |
Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational political decisions and whether our stone-age brains can process democracy in the information age. In an … | David Moscrop | 256 | 2019 | View |