Social Policy & Services

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A Better Social Safety Net for Canada

A Better Social Safety Net for Canada

From: Early Intervention

The twin purposes of this final chapter are to sum up the early intervention approach, including how its different parts might fit together, and to offer some ideas on how such an approach might … 25 $2.50 Add
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A Breakthrough in the B.C. Courts — 2012

A Breakthrough in the B.C. Courts — 2012

From: The Right to Die

By 2011 the public interest in a change in the law on assisted suicide again started to gain momentum. Parole Board slights to Robert Latimer continued to gain public attention. The experience of … 18 $1.80 Add
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A Brief History of Basic Income in Canada
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A Brief History of Basic Income in Canada

From: The Case for Basic Income

In this chapter, various basic income schemes in Canada are detailed, from William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party to the famous "Mincome" project in Dauphin, Manitoba. The chapter … ; ; 35 $3.50 Add
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A Good Idea Goes Viral
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A Good Idea Goes Viral

From: The Case for Basic Income

This chapter highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on low-wage "essential" workers, racialized populations, and women; the pandemic revealed that many Canadians suffer from … ; ; 30 $3.00 Add
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A New Generation’s Expanding Minds

A New Generation’s Expanding Minds

From: Peacemakers

Looks at how we need to educate children about peace focusing on globalization and education endeavors. 15 $1.50 Add
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A Provocation to Freedom
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A Provocation to Freedom

From: The Case for Basic Income

In the concluding chapter, the authors reconsider what counts as work, with an emphasis on the importance of care work. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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A “Square Deal” Delayed

A “Square Deal” Delayed

From: Equal as Citizens

Dominion-Provincial Conference on Reconstruction, August 6, 1945, Prime Minister and Canada’s Premiers meet to discuss the reconstruction of Canada, no agreements but paved the way for the … 18 $1.80 Add
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A User's Guide to
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A User’s Guide to

The Case for Basic Income

From: The Case for Basic Income

A glossary of important individuals and concepts ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Addressing Autism

Addressing Autism

From: Early Intervention

This chapter describes the disability known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and details what researchers and parents say can be done about it. It also tells the story of how the policy-makers … 28 $2.80 Add
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Appendices
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Appendices

From: How Government Really Works

Appendices include the Life Cycle of a Bureaucrat and a glossary of terms ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Basic Income Comes to Ontario - But Briefly
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Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly

From: The Case for Basic Income

This chapter covers the short-lived basic income project in Ontario, from it’s inception to its cancellation by the newly-elected Ford government. ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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Best-Laid Plans
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Best-Laid Plans

From: How Government Really Works

Chapter 4 explores how plans are made, and unmade in government. It explores how plans are developed and approved and how success is measured, as well as the myriad pitfalls that can arise along … ; 34 $3.40 Add
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Business as usual?
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Business as usual?

Immigration policy in a tumultuous time

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter examines the Trudeau government’s immigration policy. 18 $1.80 Add
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Business Control in a Working Class Town

Business Control in a Working Class Town

From: Their Town

Examines how local government is structured and explains how business interests have managed to capture and hold political power in what is basically a working class town. 10 $1.00 Add
Canada after Harper

Canada after Harper

His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has … 400 View
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Canada (Attorney General) v. Hislop, 2007

Canada (Attorney General) v. Hislop, 2007

From: The Court and the Charter

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that after federal legislation recognized same-sex conjugal relationships, a same-sex spouse of a deceased Canada Pension Plan contributor was entitled to a … ; ; ; 9 $0.90 Add