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The Secret Power of Juries

The Secret Power of Juries

What 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 … 216 View
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The Security Agenda:

The Security Agenda:

Driving Deep Integration

From: Living with Uncle

Using NAFTA as a jumping off point this chapter analyzes the driving force of deep integration becoming security. Specifically looks at the US calling for unprecedented integration among … 20 $2.00 Add
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“The Sewers of the ‘Sweet Life’”
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“The Sewers of the ‘Sweet Life’”

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

From Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks: The Men Who Built Modern Toronto in the 1960s–70s 15 $1.50 Add
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The Significance of Section 7

The Significance of Section 7

From: Fundamental Justice

Concludes by discussing the significance of section 7, looking at how it has opened up grounds for challenging state actions that would have otherwise been immune to review. A liberal-democratic … 8 $0.80 Add
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Our Inalienable Rights

Our Inalienable Rights

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the rights of Indigenous people and how the Trudeau government has not followed through on promises to enact the action items from the Truth and … 4 $0.40 Add
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The Sleepy Gardeners

The Sleepy Gardeners

The Trudeau Years

From: The Tangled Garden

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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The Smart Bill is Coming

The Smart Bill is Coming

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter highlights Hydro-Sherbrooke, a system separate from Hydro-Quebec, and explores the ways in which H-Q could learn from Hydro-Sherbrooke. It then looks to the future of H-Q and the … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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The SNC-Lavalin affair
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The SNC-Lavalin affair

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter details how SNC-Lavalin evaded serious punishment for its Libyan bribery scandal through political lobbying and a plea deal in Canada, while Libya now lay in ruins. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Socialist Dimension

The Socialist Dimension

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

Examines at length how Canadian Dimension has addressed the broad politics of the Left. This substantive background can then be used to develop more discrete accounts of the evolving … 38 $3.80 Add
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The South African Case

The South African Case

From: Bombardier Abroad

Historical Context – Overview of the Gautrain Project – Potencial Benefits of the Project – Potential Limitations and Problems with the Gautrain – Shilowa’s Legacy … 35 $3.50 Add
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The Spoils of the Tar Sands

The Spoils of the Tar Sands

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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Chapter 5

Chapter 5

The Springtime of Quebec

From: Quebec in Question

A brief account of political and social developments in Quebec 1945-65, the "quiet revolution" and the conditions that led to emergence of demands for sovereignty. 13 $1.30 Add
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The Stairs Family: An Overview; Foreword by Peter G.White; Introduction: A Nova Scotia Dynasty

The Stairs Family: An Overview; Foreword by Peter G.White; Introduction: A Nova Scotia Dynasty

From: Merchant Princes

Provides an overview of the Stairs family and its history, the preface notes an oddity and missing information from their research which has revealed a mysterious aspect to the Stairs family, the … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Stories We Tell and the Stories We Silence

The Stories We Tell and the Stories We Silence

The Myths of a "Neighbourly" Province

From: Divided

This essay explores the killing of Coulten Boushie, and how Saskatchewan’s non-indigenous population reacted to his death. This reaction was charactarized, in the author’s words, by … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Struggle Continues : The People of Afriville Keep On
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The Struggle Continues : The People of Afriville Keep On

From: The Spirit of Africville

This chapter covers Halifax’s reconciliation efforts concerning Africville, including offering a public apology and paying for a rebuilt community church now used as a museum. It also … 4 $0.40 Add
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The Suburbanization of Saskatchewan Politics since 1982

The Suburbanization of Saskatchewan Politics since 1982

From: Divided

This essay explores the rightward shift in Saskatchewan’s political culture, the end of the Progressive Conservative Party and the rise of Saskatchewan Party, and the demographic trend … 9 $0.90 Add