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From  NEW! Chapter 2: “No Netflix Tax!” (1999–2019)From: Canada Vs California |
Chapter two shows the beginning of Canada’s thoughts on regulating internet broadcasting. Conservatives were notably against any idea of a "Netflix tax" or tax on internet based … | Howard Law | 19 | 2024 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 2: The New Capitalist-Colonial Order, 1890-1929 |
This chapter reviews the rise of corporate power in Canada and rapid change in the workplace marked by labour conflict and social protest, notably in the 1918 Winnipeg General Strike. | Bryan D. Palmer | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Glendon Forest |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Glendon Forest, one the largest forests in Toronto and home to one of the most vital wetlands in the Don River watershed. He illustrates the severe threat … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 20: Communists, CCFers, Workers, and the Unemployed1937, a Year of Rebellion |
This chapter discusses the role played by the Popular Front united Canadian Communists and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in the anti-fascist cause. | Bryan D. Palmer | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From Moore Park Ravine and the Brick Works |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown descends Toronto’s Moore Park Ravine down to the Brick Works, describing how activity in the area has impacted architecture, transportation, politics, … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 21: Crisis, Politics, Colonized PeoplesQuebec in the 1930s |
This chapter relates the double colonization of Québec in the 1930s, as francophone workers were subjected to the repressive policies of the Anglo economic and political order while First … | Bryan D. Palmer | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From East Don Parkland |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the East Don Parkland, a sprawling and ill-defined natural area located in Toronto’s Don River watershed. Particular attention is paid to the spectre … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 22: Crisis, Politics, Colonized PeoplesFirst Nations and Métis in the 1930s |
This chapter examines how during the 1930s Indigenous Peoples suffered enormous poverty, disease and tuberculosis, coercive laws and intensified efforts at assimilation through institutions such … | Bryan D. Palmer | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From Rosedale Ravine |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown explores the lost rivers and roads of Rosedale Ravine, a natural area in Toronto’s Don River watershed that encompasses the Vale of Avoca, David A. Balfour … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 23: The Second World WarCapital's Saviour/Labour's Opportunity, 1939-45 |
This chapter looks at how Canada escaped the Great Depression as the state imposed full employment and expanded its direction of the economy under such departments as C. D. Howe’s … | Bryan D. Palmer | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From Nordheimer Ravine and Glen Edyth/Roycroft Wetlands |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Toronto’s Nordheimer Ravine, home to Glen Edyth & Roycroft wetlands and a thriving tradition of citizen stewardship. He uses Nordheimer to … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 24: The Welfare State’s 1940s Origins |
This chapter details how the hardship of the Depression led to increased demands for a welfare state and how Mackenzie King’s Liberals retreated from implementing such a program. | Bryan D. Palmer | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From Cedarvale Ravine |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Cedarvale Ravine, located in Toronto’s Don River watershed. Through Cedarvale, he illustrates how urban development has threatened and transformed … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 25: Capital at Home and Abroad, 1945-60 |
This chapter explains how the unemployment and social collapse of the Depression prompted grassroots solidarities and militant Communist organizing. | Bryan D. Palmer | 19 | 2025 | $1.90 Add |
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From Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat, an ecologically-restored area along Lake Ontario in Toronto’s Humber River watershed. He explores how the Butterfly … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 26: Managing Labour’s MomentumThe Post-War Settlement, 1945-59 |
This chapter looks at the labour militancy that achieved union recognition in the 1945–48 strike wave and the historic Rand Formula. | Bryan D. Palmer | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
