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The United Nations and Peace: A fair assessment

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Footprints in the Sand? Or Handprints in Cement?

Footprints in the Sand? Or Handprints in Cement?

From: Beverley McLachlin

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 Provides a review of McLachlin’s lasting legacy and the continuing influence her work has had on Canadian society. ; 11 $1.10 Add
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On Matters of Life, Death and the Law

From: The Right to Die

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 Examines different types of assisted death and lays out the purpose of this book 8 $0.80 Add
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From: The Tangled Garden

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 An introduction to the book’s scope and sequence, laying out why Canada’s major media (television networks, newspapers, film industry are suddenly at risk as a result of the advent of … 11 $1.10 Add
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Canada's Union

Canada’s Union

From: A New Kind of Union

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 Documents the immediate effect Unifor had on Canadian labour after its founding in 2013. Provides a brief overview of Unifor’s policies and how they affected Canadian labour and politics, … 63 $6.30 Add
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From: Getting to Zero

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 Identifies how the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray should cause Canada to confront climate change. Discusses how oil sand production has increased and why this needs to change for Canada to … 7 $0.70 Add
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From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

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 The history of economic inequality in Canada and briefly touches on the other forms of inequality that exist in Canada which would persist even if economic inequality was eliminated. Briefly … 18 $1.80 Add
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From: Damming the Peace

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 In the Introduction, author Wendy Holm describes the Site C dam project in B.C. and summarizes the impacts and effects of the project which are analyzed and critiqued in other chapters of the … 5 $0.50 Add
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From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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 Overview of the town of Lac-Mégantic, its relation to railroads, and the rail disaster of 2013, placed within the context of government deregulation of key industries like transportation and … 6 $0.60 Add
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From: The Big Stall

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 Compares and contrasts the energy policies of Pierre and Justin Trudeau to demonstrate the shift from a government able and willing to intervene in the economy to pursue the national interest to … 3 $0.30 Add
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From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary

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 An overview of what Residential Schools were and provides the history of reconciliation in Canada. Defines reconciliation as a relationship. 26 $0.00 Add
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From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

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 Provides an overview of the history of the Canadian federation outlining the difficulty that exists in separating provincial and federal responsibility. 8 $0.80 Add
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Doctors in denial: welcome to the comfort zone

From: Doctors in Denial

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 Provides an overview of the medical industry in Canada paying particular attention to the influence of the pharmaceutical industry. Outlines and examines critically the different opinions … 14 $1.40 Add
Beverley McLachlin

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 An introduction to the book. An brief overview of what the book covers. ; 6 $0.60 Add
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From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

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 Introduces the reason behind this book and outlines the tax breaks given to the super wealthy and how they can nevigate around the tax regime to their benefit 8 $0.80 Add
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The Urgent Need for Wartime Labour

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

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 A short history about why the British and French began to recruit Chinese labourers and formed the Chinese Labour Corps, and the role Canada and Harry Livingstone played in this history. (Chapter … 27 $2.70 Add