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The Contemporary Canada-United States Relationship

The Contemporary Canada-United States Relationship

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

Analyzes Canada’s current relationship with the United States concerning trade and cultural policies. Examines the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency and the re‑negotiated … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Continental Deep Integration Threat

The Continental Deep Integration Threat

From: Medicare

Looks at the threat to public health caused by the idea of continental deep integration. Looks at the Security and Prosperity Partnershipt, SMART Regulations, trade investment and labour mobility … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Corporation vs. Nature

The Corporation vs. Nature

From: The Big Stall

Discusses an alternative approach to dealing with climate change: abandon neo-liberal measures and shift to a zero growth economy with redistribution of existing wealth. Action requires … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Costs of Homeland Security

The Costs of Homeland Security

From: Borderlands

In this chapter we suggest that neither a structure-based nor an agentbased analysis is sufficient to explain what history shows about the border. Rather, a more holistic, albeit tautological, … ; 28 $2.24 Add
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The Cultural Politics of Labour in Retail

The Cultural Politics of Labour in Retail

From: Labour Under Attack

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The Curious Intersection of Politics and Cricket
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The Curious Intersection of Politics and Cricket

From: Rebound

This chapter examines the intersection between cricket and Toronto’s mayoral politics. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Current Crisis

The Current Crisis

From: The Tangled Garden

Documents Canada’s cultural policies as they stand today. Specifically focusing on Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government and Melanie Joly’s tenure as Canada’s minister for … 32 $3.20 Add
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The Death and the Rebirth of the Wolfpack
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The Death and the Rebirth of the Wolfpack

From: Rebound

This chapter provides a history of the Toronto Wolfpack, an upstart rugby franchise who’s plans were complicated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. 6 $0.60 Add
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"The debate is closing"

"The debate is closing"

The carbonizing of American politics

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft links the Canadian experience of the oil industry’s influence on politics to the United States to industry ties to the George W. Bush government … 23 $2.30 Add
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The Design of Envrionmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies

The Design of Envrionmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies

From: Techno-Fix

The Design of Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies suggests specific environmental and social design criteria for new technologies, the importance of the … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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The Dismal Arithmetic of Water

The Dismal Arithmetic of Water

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers outlines the anatomy of a water crisis, using the city of Sao Paulo Brazil as an example. He shows how limits in supply and distribution, in concert with growing … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Divided House of Labour
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The Divided House of Labour

From: The Fire and the Ashes

In this chapter, Jackson examines the Canadian Labour Congress, which appointed him senior economist on May Day 1989. He suggests that the CLC is a fragile body compared with central labour … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Douglas Legacy and the Future of Medicare

The Douglas Legacy and the Future of Medicare

From: Medicare

Discusses Tommy Douglas’s lasting legacy as a political leader through his introduction of universal health care ; 8 $0.80 Add
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The dynamics of democracy

The dynamics of democracy

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft offers a brief analysis of how a modern democracy functions through its institutions which go far beyond elected legislative bodies. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Economic Cost of Border Security: The Case of the Texas-Mexico Border and the US VISIT Program

The Economic Cost of Border Security: The Case of the Texas-Mexico Border and the US VISIT Program

From: Borderlands

The purpose of this chapter is to estimate the potential economic cost of the implementation of one component of the “smart borders” policy, the US VISIT program, to Texas border … 34 $2.72 Add
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The Effects of the Welfare Control System on People of Colour

The Effects of the Welfare Control System on People of Colour

From: Criminalizing Race, Criminalizing Poverty

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