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Beyond alienation: political essays on the West
Par George Melnyk. 1993
In six essays, historian and philosopher Melnyk examines the political climate of Western Canada in light of its culture and…
history. He argues that Westerners must go beyond the image of themselves as "alienated" from the rest of Canada and develop a more positive identity. c1993.Bastards and boneheads: Canada's glorious leaders past and present
Par Will Ferguson. 1999
Ferguson takes a humorous look at Canadian leaders, past and present. He divides them into two categories, bastards and boneheads.…
According to this system the bastards succeed while the boneheads stumble along. Ferguson doesn't limit his system to the prime ministers. He also considers the key personalities behind some of the most momentous events in Canadian history. c1999.Fighting for Canada
Par Diane Francis. 1996
Following the narrow result of Quebec's referendum on sovereignty in October 1995, Diane Francis vowed to portray the separatist movement…
as it really is. In this book, she argues that separatism is not a political movement but rather a criminal conspiracy running roughshod over human rights and democracy. The separatists' unwitting accomplices include federalist politicians and biased media. c1996.Breakup: why the West feels left out of Canada
Par Sydney Sharpe, Don Braid. 1990
Two western journalists describe the roots and current state of Western Canadian discontent with Confederation. Western grievances include frustrations over…
resource ownership and the belief that national political and economic decisions favour Central Canada over the West. They argue that a breakup of Confederation may begin with the West slowly moving away from Canada and towards the United States. 1990.Friends in high places: politics and patronage in the Mulroney government
Par Claire Hoy. 1987
In this critical analysis of Brian Mulroney's first three years as Prime Minister, the author attributes the unpopularity of the…
government to Mulroney's excessive use of patronage and pursuit of power. c1987.When Cremo's book "Forbidden Archaeology" was published in 1993, the scientific world was shocked by its extensive evidence for extreme…
human antiquity - pushing the origin of the human race back tens of millions of years. "Forbidden Archeology's Impact" documents the explosive reactions to his controversial book. 1998.George Grant in conversation
Par George Grant, David Cayley. 1995
Cayley recorded these conversations with George Grant in 1986 for broadcast on the CBC Radio program "Ideas." Grant discusses the…
roots of his faith, his evolution as a thinker, and his political theories. Cayley also examines the influence of other thinkers on Grant, and Grant's understanding of the philosophers he believed summed up the modern spirit. c1995.How Britain's weakness forced Canada into the arms of the United States (The 1988 Joanne Goodman lectures)
Par J. L Granatstein. 1989
The author believes that it was not Britain which sold out Canada to the United States. Focusing on events surrounding…
the two world wars and the Cold War, he argues that Canadian governments, both Liberal and Conservative, turned to the south for economic and defensive ties only when efforts to make these ties with Britain failed.In 1982, Canada formally recognized Aboriginal and treaty rights, yet years later, Indigenous people continue to claim that they are…
being colonized. Although international law rejected the legitimacy of domination during the twentieth century, the judgments of Canada’s Supreme Court continue to be haunted by beliefs and practices of the colonial age. Suggests ways to bridge the cultural divide and arrive at a truly postcolonial justice system. 2011.How we lead: Canada in a century of change
Par Joe Clark. 2013
A more effective Canada is not only a benefit to itself, but to its friends and neighbours. And in this…
compelling examination of what Canada as a nation has been, what it has become and what it can yet be to the world, former prime minister Joe Clark takes the reader beyond formal foreign policy and looks at the contributions and leadership offered by Canada's most successful individuals and organizations who are already putting these uniquely Canadian assets to work internationally. 2013.Home country: people, places and power politics
Par Peter C Newman. 1973
An acclaimed Canadian journalist brings back stories from around the world, painting Nixon, Trudeau and others in telling sketches. This…
collection deals with various themes, many related to nationalism and men in political power. 1973.Harperland: the politics of control
Par Lawrence Martin. 2010
Martin probes the smearing of opponents, the silencing of the public and diplomatic service, the prorogations, the centralizing of power,…
and the attempted muzzling of the media under the Harper government. He examines controversies such as the Chuck Cadman affair, campaign financing, the dismissal of nuclear power head Linda Keen, and the Afghan detainees cover-up. Strong language. 2010.Holding the bully's coat: Canada and the U.S. empire
Par Linda McQuaig. 2007
McQuaig feels that the Canadian government has followed in close step with America, becoming a belligerent force in the world…
and abandoning Canada's traditional role as a leading peacekeeping nation, as well as a fair-minded mediator and conciliator. It has also joined the United States in becoming a leading obstructionist in worldwide efforts to deal with climate change. This switch in direction has redefined the way Canada operates in the world and how we are perceived. 2007.Hard right turn: the new face of neo-conservatism in Canada
Par Brooke Jeffrey. 1999
The author traces the British and American roots of neo-conservative thought and shows how the policies of Brian Mulroney in…
the 1980s paved the way for the rise of a similar political movement, particularly in western Canada. Provides portraits of Ralph Klein, Mike Harris, and Preston Manning as representatives of neo-conservatism in action.Ghosts of Vesuvius: a new look at the last days of Pompeii, how towers fall, and other strange connections
Par Charles R Pellegrino. 2004
Weaving together accounts of ancient authorities with research by forensic archaeologists, Pellegrino captures the final hours of Pompeii and Herculaneum.…
In the flash-fossilized remains of victims, he sees reminders of the abiding human hope to understand a brutal universe. Those hopes live both in the science Pellegrino uses to interpret historic volcanic explosions as the distant consequence of the Big Bang, and in the startling connections he makes between the two cities buried by Vesuvius in 79 CE and the Twin Towers destroyed by terrorists in 2001. 2004.From the Tower of Babel to Parliament Hill: how to be a Christian in Canada today
Par Brian C Stiller. 1997
Stiller considers the historical and contemporary state of Christianity within Canada. Discussing the role of Christians in the public life…
of a multicultural and pluralistic country, he argues that a diversely rich Canada can exist within the Christian model. c1997.French kiss: Stephen Harper's blind date with Quebec
Par Chantal Hébert. 2007
On January 23, 2006, political writer and broadcaster Hébert stood in a Calgary convention hall with 2,000 Alberta Conservatives, who…
were cheering the election of ten Tory MPs from Quebec. Just months before, this would have been inconceivable, since more than ten years previously, the Quebec-Alberta Coalition cobbled together by Brian Mulroney had dissolved, leading to the birth of the Bloc Québecois and the Reform Party. Hébert delivers a post-mortem of the Canadian coalitions that died that election night, and an examination of our changing political landscape. 2007.Battle royal: Monarchists vs. Republicans and the Crown of Canada
Par David Johnson. 2018
Examines the debate in Canada between a republican movement that believes the monarchy is archaic and anti-democratic and needs abolishing,…
versus a monarchist movement that stresses the monarchy's importance, claiming that the Queen is a living connection to a political and constitutional tradition going back over a thousand years. 2018.Dysfunction: Canada after Keystone XL
Par Dennis McConaghy. 2017
The Keystone XL pipeline was the most controversial North American energy infrastructure project of our time, and its history and…
demise serve as a cautionary tale for Canada, a country that will remain mired in regulatory dysfunction until it finds common ground between economic value and credible carbon policy. 2017.Fire and ashes: success and failure in politics
Par Michael Ignatieff. 2013
The former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada delivers a stirring meditation on contemporary politics and the lessons he…
learned in defeat. Candid and utterly unexpected, this book is not just for Canadians concerned about the future of the Liberal Party, but for all citizens concerned about the future of Canada and of political discourse in today's increasingly partisan world. 2013.