Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Old town road Rural and intercity transit From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? View Between The Lines	Chapter eight of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? looks at how the three revolutions in automobility intersect with rural areas’ transportation needs and with intercity transit, and ends …	James Wilt	18	2020	$1.80 Add
On Borrowed Time North America's Next Big Quake	Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a …		248		View
From NEW! On Fumes From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Six of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on public transit. The debate centred around affordability, …	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70 Add
NEW! On Opium Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance	A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user. Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and …		364		View
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts Tools with a Life of Their Own From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	In assessing and understanding technology and its effects on people and nature, it is at least as important to pay attention to the energy that drives our tools as to the tools themselves and the …	Richard Heinberg	17	2010	$1.70 Add
On This Patch of Grass City Parks on Occupied Land Fernwood Publishing	Parks are importantly fertile places to talk about land. Whether its big national parks, provincial campgrounds, isolated conservation areas, destination parks, or humble urban patches of grass, …	Daisy Couture; Matt Hern; Sadie Courture; Selena Courture	167	2018	View
From NEW! One foot in, one foot out The Trudeau record on infrastructure and public transit From: The Trudeau Record View James Lorimer and Company	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
NEW! Open Governments, Secret Canada Hiding Information Other Countries Share	Matt Malone has travelled the world to see how other countries have made information accessible to their citizens. In country after country, he found that officials have learned to live with (and …		280		View
From NEW! Opening Night From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on the event’s first live televised town hall and the Nova Scotia …	Robert Ashe	13	2025	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Opium Eater The New Confessions From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	After years of being clawed by stiffness and pain the author describes clawing back the life pain took from her. She describes the effects of the opiates she takes for pain, the pain relief, and …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	64	2021	$6.40 Add
From Opposition to the Solidarity Movement From: Compassion and Solidarity View House of Anansi Press	From Compassion and Solidarity: The Church for Others	Gregory Baum	19	199	$1.90 Add
From Optimum Power Sustaining Our Power Over Time From: Power View New Society Publishers	This chapter makes the case that we humans are capable of controlling our thirst for power, and we have a long history of doing so. Moreover, that capacity is rooted in similar behavior expressed …	Richard Heinberg	51	2021	$5.10 Add
From NEW! Ordeal From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the live TV evening panel of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” on community policy development in Halifax.Panelists …	Robert Ashe	4	2025	$0.40 Add
From Organizing Against the Odds Anti-Unionism in Niagara's Casino Gaming Sector From: Labour Under Attack View Fernwood Publishing		Larry Savage; Nick Ruhloff-Queiruga	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Origins From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Other Voices in a Neo-Conservative Age From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945 View James Lorimer and Company	Since 1980. Looks at the successes and setbacks experienced by the groups that composed the majority of members of society but who were increasingly called "special interest groups" by …	Alvin Finkel	33	2012	$3.30 Add