Public Policy

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What We Don’t Know About Fracking

What We Don’t Know About Fracking

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers explores the risks and unknowns surrounding the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking. He explores whether the economic potential is real and whether it is … 19 $1.90 Add
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What We Expect of Our Doctors

What We Expect of Our Doctors

From: The Doctors We Need

In this chapter, Sanfilippo examines what society expects of physicians in Canada, using the story of Harry, a 92-year-old man who undergoes a TAVI procedure. 8 $0.80 Add
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What We're Up Against

What We’re Up Against

The New Climate Denialism in Canada

From: A Good War

In Chapter 2, Klein examines the present day political, economic, and cultural barriers we face in our efforts to begin to meaningfully fight climate change and climate emergences. The chapter … 32 $3.20 Add
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What's Been Happening to Canada's Middle Class?

What’s Been Happening to Canada’s Middle Class?

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

Historically, Canada’s middle class has expected increasing prosperity from one generation to the next. Real hourly wages did grow strongly until 1981, when inflation control became the … 29 $2.90 Add
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What’s been happening to Canada’s  middle class?
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What’s been happening to Canada’s middle class?

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter the author looks at the stagnation of middle class incomes in Canada over the past few decades. 31 $3.10 Add
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When Prevention Fails

When Prevention Fails

Protecting the Vulnerable

From: Disarming Conflict

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When Right is Wrong

When Right is Wrong

Municipal Governance and Downloading in Toronto

From: Restructuring and Resistance

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Where is the "Labout Beat Reporter"?
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Where is the “Labout Beat Reporter”?

The Regina Refinery Lockout and the Many Crises of Journalism

From: Unjust Transition

Chapter Seven describes the need for a new approach to labour journalism, and transitioned during the 2019-2020 lockout from traditional “labour beat” reporting to independent media … ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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Where to From Here? Trudeau's Climate Policy & Beyond

Where to From Here? Trudeau’s Climate Policy & Beyond

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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Where We Began

Where We Began

From: An Emergency in Ottawa

In this chapter, Wells traces the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic from Wuhan in December 2019 through its early impact on Canadian communities by mid-2021. 12 $1.20 Add
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Where Will Everyone Go?
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Where Will Everyone Go?

From: Runaway Climate

Where Will Everyone Go?: Current situation and what the future holds. 11 $1.10 Add
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Who Becomes a Doctor?

Who Becomes a Doctor?

From: The Doctors We Need

In this chapter, Sanfilippo examines how Canada’s medical school admissions process shapes the physicians the country receives. 17 $1.70 Add
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Who Killed the Public Surgery Centre?

Who Killed the Public Surgery Centre?

From: Divided

This essay concerns the shift to private surgeries in Saskatchewan. This policy was meant to reduce the wait times for surgical procedures through a market-based approach, but wait times only … 12 $1.20 Add
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Who Owns Water?

Who Owns Water?

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers discusses international law surrounding water use as well as legislation passed on a national level. 15 $1.50 Add
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Who Stays Healthy? Who Gets Sick?

Who Stays Healthy? Who Gets Sick?

From: About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition

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