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Petroleum and Geopolitics

Petroleum and Geopolitics

From: Oil and World Politics

Discusses petroleum, the most valuable commodity in world trade, and its ties to politics and power. Introduces the links between governments and oil corporations, the history of petrodollars in … 30 $3.00 Add
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Pharmacare:

Pharmacare:

Equity, Efficiency, and Effectiveness — We’ve Waited Long Enough.

From: Medicare

Analyzes the debate about pharmacare by noting the similarity between how we fund perscription drugs and the way America funds their entire health care system and notes our rejection of this … 8 $0.80 Add
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Pharmaceutical Companies
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Pharmaceutical Companies

Relationship Between the Canadian Government and Big Pharma — “Clientele Pluralism”

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Joel Lexchin examines the pharmaceutical industry and “clientele pluralism. “ Lexchin argues that the pharmaceutical industry can drive regulation by influencing not … 20 $2.00 Add
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Pipeline on Wheels

Pipeline on Wheels

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Identifies how big corporations moved to get fracked North Dakota Bakken oil and bitumen to refineries, regularly ignoring basic safety practices. 9 $0.90 Add
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Planning for University

Planning for University

From: Campus Confidential

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 … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Playing with a Dead Fly

Playing with a Dead Fly

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about an incident at school and how he got in trouble and was given the strap by the teacher 5 $0.50 Add
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Plus ça Change

Plus ça Change

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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 … 14 $1.40 Add
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Plutocracy Awaits Us

Plutocracy Awaits Us

From: Canada after Harper

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. 6 $0.60 Add
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Polarization as Domination
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Polarization as Domination

From: Divided We Fall

In this chapter, Cameron discusses how polarization in Canada and the United States operates as a deliberate instrument of political domination, highlighting the erosion of American democratic … 37 $3.70 Add
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Polarizing, Depolarizing, and Repolarizing: The 2025 Canadian Election
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Polarizing, Depolarizing, and Repolarizing: The 2025 Canadian Election

From: Divided We Fall

In this chapter, Cameron examines the 2025 Canadian federal election, Donald Trump’s tariff threats, and how Mark Carney’s Liberals won a minority government by using "Canada … 37 $3.70 Add
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Politics After the Meltdown and Then the Pandemic
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Politics After the Meltdown and Then the Pandemic

From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge

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 … 35 $3.50 Add
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Popular Reaction to the First World War and the 1930s Great Depression
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Popular Reaction to the First World War and the 1930s Great Depression

From: Humans

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, … 48 $4.80 Add
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<p>Possible conflicts over Canadian jobs,</p><p>health, and the environment</p>

Possible conflicts over Canadian jobs,

health, and the environment

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

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 … 9 $0.90 Add
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Postscript

Postscript

‘History will give you your due’

From: Churchill and Fisher

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 … 19 $1.90 Add
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Poverty and Health:

Poverty and Health:

Implications for Health and Quality of Life

From: Medicare

Analyzes the relationship between poverty and health and how this has been missing from the health discussions by the policy makers 16 $1.60 Add
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Poverty and Inequality
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Poverty and Inequality

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author details how incomes at the bottom of the income distribution scale have dramatically eroded in Canada in recent years. 29 $2.90 Add