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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Pharmaceutical Companies Relationship Between the Canadian Government and Big Pharma — “Clientele Pluralism” From: Corporate Rules View	In this chapter, Joel Lexchin examines the pharmaceutical industry and “clientele pluralism. “ Lexchin argues that the pharmaceutical industry can drive regulation by influencing not …	Joel Lexchin	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From Pipeline on Wheels From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View	Identifies how big corporations moved to get fracked North Dakota Bakken oil and bitumen to refineries, regularly ignoring basic safety practices.	Bruce Campbell	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Planning for University From: Campus Confidential View	Some information on planning for university and things they don’t tell you including: 9 The Million-Dollar Promise 10 You May Need Two Degrees 11 Ask for Help If You Need It 12 First …	Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates	27	2013	$2.70 Add
From Playing with a Dead Fly From: To Wawa with Love View	Talks about an incident at school and how he got in trouble and was given the strap by the teacher	Tom Douglas	5	2012	$0.50 Add
From Plus ça Change From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View	Analyzes the Trudeau government’s record on rail safety and concludes it has not changed the fundamental deregulation approach of the Harper government. Concludes that questions about what …	Bruce Campbell	14	2018	$1.40 Add
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