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From austerity to modesty
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From austerity to modesty

Corporate kowtowing limits government tax reforms

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at the Trudeau government’s record on taxes and progressive taxation. ; 19 $1.90 Add
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From Backbencher to Minister

From Backbencher to Minister

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

1971-1974. His return to New Brunswick to teach which quickly morphed into the decision to run in the constiuency of Westmorland-Kent for the Liberal Party and his life as an MP 28 $2.80 Add
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The UN vs. Militarism

The UN vs. Militarism

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter looks at the obstacle that militarism presents to the UN. Most policies implimented by states are militaristic in nature. 10 $1.00 Add
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From China to Canada

From China to Canada

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax

This chapter looks at the factors that led to Chinese people immigrating to Canada in the 19th century and the state of the country upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, … 12 $1.20 Add
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From Civil War to Gangs

From Civil War to Gangs

From: Gang Life

Jafar, a Sudanese refugee and father of two, recounts a harrowing story in Chapter Nine. When he was four years old, his family fled a civil war that had taken the lives of many relatives. He … 17 $1.70 Add
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White Supremacy — The Law of the Land

White Supremacy — The Law of the Land

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines specific sections of the British North American (BNA) act and the founding of the reserve system in Canada with particular focus on Indigenous European … 5 $0.50 Add
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Beginning at the Beginning

Beginning at the Beginning

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel provides a brief history of colonialism from Pope Nicholas V’s papal bull of 1452 to first contact with Indigenous people in North America and concludes … 5 $0.50 Add
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From Elected to Appointed Office

From Elected to Appointed Office

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

1982-1999. Examines the creation of the new Constitution act of 1982 and LeBlanc’s hand in it, his cabinet position shifts to public works, his work in the senate, his appointment to the … 51 $5.10 Add
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From Environmental Crisis to Business Transition

From Environmental Crisis to Business Transition

From: The Big Stall

Discusses how corporations came to recognize climate change as a profitable opportunity, and how public policy shifted from regulation of carbon emissions to measures that corporate leaders … 16 $1.60 Add
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From Feudalism to Capitalism:
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From Feudalism to Capitalism:

The Role of the Common People in the “Middle Ages”

From: Humans

This chapter looks at the arrival of feudalism and then capitalism across the world. It reviews instances of resistance to hierarchical rule and serfdom by peasants in Europe, Indigenous … 37 $3.70 Add
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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

From Frenchmen to Habitants

From: Quebec in Question

A brief account of Quebec’s history from its founding to the defeat of France in 1755 and the end of the French regime in Canada. 17 $1.70 Add
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From “institutional daycare” to “early learning and child care for all”
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From “institutional daycare” to “early learning and child care for all”

The Trudeau government's changing child care file

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter assesses the Trudeau record on child care and early learning. ; 16 $1.60 Add
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From Many Places

From Many Places

From: From Bombs to Books

An introduction to Edmonds Community School’s and Byrne Creek School’s history and experience in multicultural education. In these schools six out of ten students are learning English. 8 $0.80 Add
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From Mayor Crombie to Mayor Sewell

From Mayor Crombie to Mayor Sewell

From: How We Changed Toronto

1978. At this time, Mayor Crombie was angling for the Conservative Party nomination in a downtown riding, and he made it clear he intended to leave city hall for Parliament Hill as soon as a … 23 $2.30 Add
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From Memramcook to Rideau Hall

From Memramcook to Rideau Hall

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s selection to the position of Governor General, the mixed opinions of the media to the nomination, a background history of the Acadians and how this history relates … 20 $2.00 Add
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From Peace Festival to Strawberry Fields
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From Peace Festival to Strawberry Fields

From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool

This chapter discusses the Strawberry Fields music festival that was held in the summer of 1967 43 $4.30 Add