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Market-based Health Care in the United States and its Lessons for Canada

From: Medicare

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Analyzes the market-based health care system in the US and what Canada can learn from it. Concludes that The US experience has shown the world that, when you allow investor-owned for-profit … 11 $1.10 Add
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Neo-Conservative Times

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

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Since 1980. Though the Right would have its victories, workers, women’s groups, Natives and Regional Interests demanded with some success that their interests be accomodated as well. Pays … 27 $2.70 Add
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Oil Sands Binges, Rebrands

From: The Big Stall

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Analyzes the relationship between the oil industry and the Alberta government. The industry’s approach shifted to accepting a cap on carbon emissions which permitted ongoing operations and … 21 $2.10 Add
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Paul Martin’s Delaying Tactic

From: Gay Marriage

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Paul Martin takes over leadership from Chretian and instiutes delaying tactics with regard to same-sex marriage. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Pulling the levers of power

From Lougheed to Klein

From: Oil’s Deep State

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Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the transition from Peter Lougheed’s government and Ralph Klein’s arrival as premier with focus paid to the political and economic … 7 $0.70 Add
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Reforming the comfort zone so that doctors are no longer in denial

From: Doctors in Denial

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Outlines the needed reforms to the interactions between the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession, outlining industry’s role, government’s role, and the medical … 45 $4.50 Add
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Say ‘Resurgam’!

From: Churchill and Fisher

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Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s defence of the Dardanelles campagin despite high casualities and cost while Jack Fisher takes a position at the Admiralty Board of … 45 $4.50 Add
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Still Spilling

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Critical review of the measures put in place by the Harper government during its last year in office. Analyzes whether those measures, such as new safety management system regulations, changes to … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Bargain Builders

From: Sweethearts

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1960s the development of new building techniques that maximized profits by decreasing the need for skilled labour and finding cheaper materials. There are also inter-union disagreements for control 12 $1.20 Add
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The explosion of foreign investor lawsuits

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

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overview of the history of foreign investor lawsuits and how FIPA has accelerated them 9 $0.90 Add
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The Fall

From: BlackBerry Town

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Examines BlackBerry’s precipitous fall, which evenutally resulted in Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie’s exit from the company. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Historic Decision — 2015

From: The Right to Die

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The ruling appeared on February 6, 2015. It was a historic vindication of Justice Smith and of the opinions of the many people who have felt that Section 241(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada was … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Long Summer of 1944

From: The Myth of the Good War

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Looks at Operation Overload and landing in Normady in the summer of 1944 as a race for Britain and America to beat the Soviets to Berlin. Also looks at liberation in that summer and trying to … 10 $1.00 Add
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The P earson Years, 1963–1968

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

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Describes the development of the federation under Prime Minister Lester Pearson including the Quebec and Canada Pension Plans, the rise of separatism, Medicare, the constitution and foreign … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Pandemic as an Invitation to Change

From: Basic Income For Canadians

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The Shipping Industry

Regulatory Capture in the Shipping Industry

From: Corporate Rules

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In this chapter John Dalziel, Floris Goerlandt, Roland Pelot, and Aldo Chircop examine regulatory capture in the shipping industry. The authors reflect on the relationship between governments as … ; ; 23 $2.30 Add