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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Pearl Harbour, a Surprise Attack? From: Myths of Modern History View	This chapter examines the myth surrounding that “day of infamy” when America presumably crashed into the war as a result of the Japanese “surprise attack” at Pearl …	Jacques R. Pauwels	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From PELLATT THE PROMOTER From: Casa Loma View	1880 – 1910. Looks at Pellatt as a finance capitalist, electric power for the people and his road from prosperity to wealth	Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo	7	2016	$0.70 Add
From People Are Dying for a Home From: Medicare View	Examines how the fight for housing must be included in the fight for basic health care because as long as homelessness exists there will always be a two-tiered system	Cathy Crowe	5	2007	$0.50 Add
From Peter Lougheed and the Rise of the Oil Sands From: Oi's Deep State View	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against …	Kevin Taft	9	2017	$0.90 Add
From Petroleum and Geopolitics From: Oil and World Politics View	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 …	John Foster	30	2018	$3.00 Add
From Pharmacare: Equity, Efficiency, and Effectiveness — We’ve Waited Long Enough. From: Medicare View	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 …	Joel Lexchin	8	2007	$0.80 Add
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! Polarization as Domination From: Divided We Fall View	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 …	Max Cameron	37	2026	$3.70 Add
From NEW! Polarizing, Depolarizing, and Repolarizing: The 2025 Canadian Election From: Divided We Fall View	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 …	Max Cameron	37	2026	$3.70 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