Public Policy

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Government, industry and the medical profession

Government, industry and the medical profession

ménage à trois

From: Doctors in Denial

Describes how the alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry developed in the period from the 1960s to 2015. 27 $2.70 Add
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Green Growth--A Dangerous Distraction?

Green Growth–A Dangerous Distraction?

From: Escape from Overshoot

In this chapter the author examines the concept of "sustainable growth" and whether it is a viable solution to overshoot. 28 $2.80 Add
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Green schemes, fossil dreams
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Green schemes, fossil dreams

The Trudeau government’s inconclusive climate legacy

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter examines the Trudeau government’s response to the climate crisis, including the international and domestic agreements to reduce emissions, the national carbon pricing system, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Green Waste Logistics, Funding and Public Park Partnership

Green Waste Logistics, Funding and Public Park Partnership

From: Common Threads

In order for projects described in this book to have happened, a strong relationship with municipal partners was required. Issues such as delivery, storage and material access have been hang-up … 30 $3.00 Add
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Greening Commerce

Greening Commerce

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: The New Bottom Lines – The Drivers – Implementing Nature’s Strategies – The Trilogy – Growth, Consumption and Pollution – Creating New … 26 $2.60 Add
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Greening the Tax System

Greening the Tax System

From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

Chapter 6 deals specifically with environmental taxation. If major fiscal reforms are to be undertaken to deal with the crisis, this could be a strategic moment to implement a green tax shift. … 28 $2.80 Add
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Growing Inequality, Basic Needs, and Health

Growing Inequality, Basic Needs, and Health

From: Medicare

Looks at the growing economic gap and how it factors into the health debate 6 $0.60 Add
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Growth Versus Social Responsibility

Growth Versus Social Responsibility

Union Pension Funds and P3s in Canada

From: Ideology over Economics

The Movement Toward Public–Private Partnerships (P3s) in Canada The Infrastructure Gap in Canada Arguments for the P3 Route The Arguments for P3s Considered Private-Sector Attraction to … 24 $2.40 Add
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Guelph and Wellington County’s Urban-Rural Smart City Project
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Guelph and Wellington County’s Urban-Rural Smart City Project

Our Food Future

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

Chapter 8 explores Guelph’s smart cities project, which seeks to use technology to bridge the urban rural divide and develop a sustainable network of food production and consumption 12 $1.20 Add
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Guilt Trip
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Guilt Trip

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

In this chapter, the author explores how charges of hypocracy are leveled at environmentalists who have children. 18 $1.80 Add
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Gunboat Ed
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Gunboat Ed

From: The Fire and the Ashes

In this chapter, Jackson discusses his time with the federal NDP caucus, then led by Ed Broadbent. 6 $0.60 Add
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Gus Simone, Organizer

Gus Simone, Organizer

From: Sweethearts

1960s. Unions and the switch to drywall, work in commercial construction 12 $1.20 Add
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Halfway to Impossible

Halfway to Impossible

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter concerns Radian6, a social media monitoring platform founded by many of the players discussed in the book thus far. Radian6 was later purchased and folded into the Salesforce brand. 14 $1.40 Add
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Hamilton Harbour

Hamilton Harbour

Politics, Patronage and Cover-up

From: Their Town

Hamilton ON. 1970s, Hamilton Harbour, Politics = Business first mentality, cover ups. 19 $1.90 Add
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Harper and Harrison

Harper and Harrison

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Harry Gairey's Enduring Lesson
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Harry Gairey’s Enduring Lesson

From: Rebound

This chapter explores the legacy of Harry Gainey, a Jamaican-born Canadian railway worker. It also examines racism in hockey. 7 $0.70 Add