Public Policy

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Changing the Frame

Changing the Frame

From: Equal as Citizens

Outlines the need for the framework of equalization to change. Goes through shifts in provincial power that occurred in 2012, outlines a building up of energy to discuss changing equalization … 19 $1.90 Add
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Changing the Landscape in the Health Care Affordability Debate

Changing the Landscape in the Health Care Affordability Debate

From: Medicare

Looks at the Health Care affordability debate by exploring what is left out of the statistics used by the Government such as population growth, inflation and income growth. Looks at what it would … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chaotic Unregulated Tokyo: The Quintessentially Messy City?
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Chaotic Unregulated Tokyo: The Quintessentially Messy City?

From: Messy Cities

Andre Sorensen argues that Tokyo is often praised by tourists as the quintessential messy city with no zoning laws, while Japan in fact operates strict zoning systems that are completely … 6 $0.60 Add
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Chaoulli’s Legacy for the Future of Canadian Health Care Policy

Chaoulli’s Legacy for the Future of Canadian Health Care Policy

From: Medicare

I discuss the majority judges’ poor appreciation of the interface between public and private health insurance across different health care systems and how, subsequently, this lack of … 45 $4.50 Add
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Hiring a CAO

From: Local Government in Practice

In this chapter, the reader is a newly elected councillor representing both urban and rural areas who must choose a new CAO. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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That's $600 a litre in space paint

From: Canadarm and Collaboration

This chapter explores the history of Canada’s role in space exploration. Topics include Alouette I and II – the first Canadian Satellites, the Canadarm, and the role played by former … 26 $2.60 Add
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Confronting Financialization to Prevent Homelessness
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Confronting Financialization to Prevent Homelessness

From: Ending Homelessness in Canada

In this chapter, Katlin Schwan asks us to consider how financialization, specifically the financialization of housing is contributing to the homelessness epidemic. Increasing rental prices, the … 12 $1.20 Add
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Chapter 1: Before the Online Streaming Act: How Canada "Regulates” Its Broadcasting System
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Chapter 1: Before the Online Streaming Act: How Canada "Regulates” Its Broadcasting System

From: Canada Vs California

In this Chapter author Howard Law provides a primer on how Canada has regulated its broadcasting system for the last several decades as well as the three amendments to this act over this period … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 1: Neighbourhood Murders
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Chapter 1: Neighbourhood Murders

From: Mass Murder, Police Mayhem

In this chapter, Beeby summarizes the murders in Portapique the night of April 18th, 2020, as described by the Mass Casualty Commission in its final report. He provides background on the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 1: The Killer
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Chapter 1: The Killer

From: The Killer's Henchman

The author discusses Covid-19 and its science, the measures put in place to stop it, some pandemic history and science, pandemic risks, globalization, lab-manipulated viruses (PPP research) and … 29 $2.90 Add
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Chapter 10

Debating Privatization

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter ten, the reader works in the Public Works department and must consider whether and which services to begin privatizing. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 11

New Condo Development

From: Local Government in Practice

The case presented in chapter 11 finds the reader in the role of the mayor having to grapple with a new application for a large condo building in the middle of an affluent neighbourhood. There … ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 12

Redeveloping an Old Industrial Area

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 12, the role of the reader is to design a process to draw out a vision for how a piece of land with an industrial past can be redeveloped in a way that is harmonious and beneficial to … ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter 13

Constructing a Complete Street Downtown

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 13, the reader functions as a planner who must grapple with the internal politics relating to developing Complete Streets. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 14

Building a Professional Sports Stadium

From: Local Government in Practice

In chapter 14, the reader is a political staffer who works with the mayor on the issue of building a new sports stadium. How does this decision affect a political legacy? ; ; 8 $0.80 Add