Social Policy & Services
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From ![]() NEW! 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. | Martha Friendly; Susan Prentice | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! From prohibition to harm reductionTransforming 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 … | Paula Maurutto | 18 | 2024 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Globalization and the Challenge to Canadian DemocracyNational Governance Under Threat |
B. Michell Evans; Stephen McBride | 18 | 2000 | $1.80 Add | |
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From ![]() Governments can plan a just transitionFrom: Between Doom and Denial |
In this chapter, Leach examines whether Canadian governments can deliver a just transition as the country phases out coal and oil, drawing on the Alberta coal phase-out of the 2010s and the 1992 … | Andrew Leach | 18 | 2023 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! How Far to Go Too FarFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines how in August 1981, Manitoba’s French Language Services Secretariat began operating with virtually no infrastructure, under Premier Sterling Lyon. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() IntroductionCritical Perspectives on Canadian Public Policy |
Colin Mooers; Mike Burke | 13 | 2000 | $1.30 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Introduction |
In the Introduction, the author explains the impetus for writing this book and how it became clear that the ideology of neoliberalism lay at the root of the persistent inability to address the … | Alex Himelfarb | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Needed: A Coherent Immigration Strategy |
In this chapter, Alboim and Banerjee examine Canada’s evolving immigration strategy, from the 1967 points system through the mid-2020s retrenchment era. | Naomi Alboim | 14 | 2026 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Neoliberal PoliticsTransforming Conservativism |
This chapter discusses the economic conditions of the late 1970s that made Canada ripe for conservatism and the impact of the Regan and Thatcher governments on the rise of neoliberalism in Canada … | Alex Himelfarb | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Neoliberalism Comes to Canada |
In this chapter, Himelfarb traces how neoliberal ideology reshaped Canada from the 1970s through 2015, moving from a protective welfare state toward deregulation and austerity. | Alex Himelfarb | 45 | 2026 | $4.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! One foot in, one foot outThe Trudeau record on infrastructure and public transit From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter discusses the Trudeau government’s investment in infrastructure and analyzes its commitment to public spending to realize affordable and accessible public transit. | Nate Wallace | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Out of Sync With a “Shrinking State”?Making Sense of the Employment Equity Act (1995) |
A. Paul Williams; Janet M. Lunn | 18 | 2000 | $1.80 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Overpromising and underdeliveringThe Trudeau government's National Housing Strategy From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter evaluates the gap between the Trudeau government’s promises and delivery of a National Housing Strategy | Marc Lee | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Part One Globalization, The State and Shifting Terrains From the Workhouse to WorkfareThe Welfare State and Shifting Policy Terrains |
Bob Russell | 25 | 2000 | $2.50 Add | |
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From ![]() Part Three Restructuring and Resistance: Theory and Practice Globalization, Trade Pacts and Migrant WorkersRethinking the Politics of Working-Class Resistance |
David McNally | 15 | 2000 | $1.50 Add | |
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From ![]() Part Two Neoliberal Restructuring of Public PolicyEducation for a Lean World |
Alan Sears | 14 | 2000 | $1.40 Add |










