James Lorimer and Company

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
A New Kind of Union Unifor and the birth of the modern Canadian union	This book describes the unique process by which the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) decided not just to merge but to create …	Fred Wilson	256	2019	View
Academic Freedom in Conflict The Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University	For more than a century academics have had unique rights — to speak, teach, and write freely. Central to the case for academic freedom is that scholars must be able to voice their views …	James L Turk	368	2014	View
Basic Income For Canadians From the Covid-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All	Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put …	Evelyn L. Forget	258	2020	View
Beverley McLachlin The Legacy of a Supreme Court Chief Justice	As a judge, Beverley McLachlin has had an unequalled impact on Canadian life. She stands out for her unique ability to stand up for the values and beliefs that reflect the best of Canada and …	Ian Greene; Peter McCormick	232	2019	View
Big Business and Hitler	For big business in Germany and around the world, Hitler and his National Socialist party were a welcome political development. Business was facing the Great Depression of in the 1930s, and for …	Jacques R. Pauwels	304	2017	View
Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes…Like We Do!	Bill Gates and other wealthy individuals around the world do pay taxes–but usually at rates far below what most taxpayers pay. As Warren Buffet says, his secretary pays a higher tax rate …	Brigitte Alepin	184	2012	View
Black Cop My 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism	Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by the Halifax police department at a time of heightened racial tension in the city. From the start, some fellow African Canadians …	Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe	272	2019	View
BlackBerry Town How high tech success has played out for Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo	The smartphone was an incredibly successful Canadian invention created by a team of engineers and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key player involved — …	Chuck Howitt	264	2019	View
NEW! Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge What It Will Take to Deal with American Decline, Inequality and the Climate Crisis	Neoliberalism arrived in Ottawa with the Mulroney government in 1984, and has continued as widely accepted common sense about government until today. Neoliberalism’s basic tenets – …	Alex Himelfarb	184	2024	View
Campus Confidential 100 startling things you don't know about Canadian universities (Second Edition)	In 2011, the first edition of Campus Confidential sparked a lively debate about what is really going on inside our colleges and universities. The media and readers alike welcomed this readable, …	Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates	256	2013	View
Canada after Harper His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want	Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has …	Ed Finn	400	2015	View
NEW! Canada In Afghanistan A story of military, diplomatic, political and media failure 2003-2023	Canadian leaders then and now claim great success for Canada’s role in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2014 and beyond. Though 151 Canadians were killed in combat, the Canadian military played a …	Owen Schalk	200	2023	View
Canada is Not Back How Justin Trudeau is in over his head on foreign policy	The election in October 2015 of the Justin Trudeau government was widely considered to herald a new approach to foreign affairs for Canada. Trudeau had campaigned as a staunch advocate for a …	Jocelyn Coulon	208	2019	View
Canada Since 1960: A People’s History A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture	When Winnipeg's Cy Gonick started the magazine Canadian Dimension in 1963 to provide a home for the thinking and analysis of mostly young leftists engaged in Canadian economic, social, …	Cy Gonick	576	2016	View
NEW! Canada Vs California How Ottawa took on Netflix and the streaming giants	Canada vs California provides a road map of the tense battle between Canadian content and California’s billion dollar businesses that threaten to drown it out. Howard Law’s Canada vs. …	Howard Law	232	2024	View
Canada’s Courts A Social Scientists Ground-Breaking Account of the Canadian Judicial System	A unique discussion of the judicial system in Canada, this is the first book on the court system to be written from a social science, rather than a legal, perspective. McCormick analyzes which …	Peter McCormick	234	1994	View