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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Plutocracy Awaits Us From: Canada after Harper View	Linda McQuaig tells us how the inequality generated by “free market” policies has widened the gap between Canada’s ultra-rich and most other Canadians.	Linda McQuaig	6	2015	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Politics After the Meltdown and Then the Pandemic From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge View	This chapter discusses the electoral success of left-leaning parties in the West the (Cameron, Obama and Trudeau governments) in response to the economic crisis and rising inequality , as well as …	Alex Himelfarb	35	2024	$3.50 Add
From NEW! Popular Reaction to the First World War and the 1930s Great Depression From: Humans View	This chapter examines popular resistance during the First World War and its aftermath. It also reviews the efforts to find a more humane alternative to the capitalist economic system, …	Alvin Finkel	48	2024	$4.80 Add
From Possible conflicts over Canadian jobs, health, and the environment From: Sold Down the Yangtze View	not all Chinese investment in Canada is objectionable. Yet, for many Canadians, it seems possible that Chinese investment will undermine their priorities when it comes to jobs, health, or the …	Gus Van Harten	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From Postscript ‘History will give you your due’ From: Churchill and Fisher View	Historian Barry Gough offers final thoughts on the relationship between Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher he then examines the relationship between Churchill and Sir David Beatty during the …	Barry Gough	19	2017	$1.90 Add
From Poverty and Health: Implications for Health and Quality of Life From: Medicare View	Analyzes the relationship between poverty and health and how this has been missing from the health discussions by the policy makers	Dennis Raphael	16	2007	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Poverty and Inequality From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View	In this chapter, the author details how incomes at the bottom of the income distribution scale have dramatically eroded in Canada in recent years.	Lars Osberg	29	2024	$2.90 Add
From Preface From: To Wawa with Love View	Briefly discusses the living conditions in the northern mining towns in the 1940s and outlines how the authors family ended up going to one.	Tom Douglas	3	2012	$0.30 Add
From Preface Why Write This Book? From: Quiet No More View	Outlines the authors history of Activism and how he came to the point of writing this book. His qualifications on the subject and the focus of the book	Joel D. Harden	7	2013	$0.70 Add
From Preface From: Medicare View	Gives a definition of Medicare so as to pinpoint the difference between the term in Canada and the US, a brief history of Medicare in Canada, outlines the conference in 2007 that led to this book.	Bruce Campbell; Greg Marchildon	7	2007	$0.70 Add
From Preface From: Tar Sands Showdown View	Outlines the author’s fascination with the tar sands, the three trips that he has taken to them, why the third trip was exponential different due to the changes in Canada, outlines the …	Tony Clarke	6	2008	$0.60 Add
From Preface From: The Rise of the New West View	A brief overview of the changing political landscape in the West of Canada lead by a concern for the economic landscape. Concluding that the future is ominous and uncertain	John F. Conway	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From Afterword Settling with Canada: A Debt Coming Due From: The Reconciliation Manifesto View	Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson looks at how indigenous activist Arthur Manuel’s work continues on. He examines how Canada has forged the debt due to Indigenous people on the balance sheets …	Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From Preface Framing the Shot From: Damming the Peace View	B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of …	Alex Harris	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Preface From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary View	The commissioners of the report provide a brief outline of their process and the goal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.	Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada	2	2015	$0.00 Add
From Preface From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World View	Author Garry Neil introduces his argument, explaining why Canadian culture is important and highlighting his background and experience on this subject.	Garry Neil	5	2019	$0.50 Add