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Lament for a nation: the defeat of Canadian nationalism (The Carleton library series ; #50)
Par George Parkin Grant. 2000
Originally written in 1965, Grant believed that Canada's absorption into the United States was inevitable, considering the large influence of…
American commerce, culture, and technology. He also felt that decisions taken in the 1940s undermined the country's ability to set foreign and defence policy in the 1960s. Forty years later, his framework for debate has held up through free trade, the anti-ballistic missile defence shield, Iraq, and one mad cow. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2000, c1965.Labour of love: the fight to create a more humane Canada
Par Buzz Hargrove, Wayne Skene. 1998
The leader of the Canadian Auto Workers union shares his opinions on Bob Rae's NDP and the Tories' Common Sense…
Revolution. He argues that the "Days of Action" protests are vital to Canada as our governments threaten to unravel existing social programs. He believes that unless Canadians start to make their opinions known our social programs could disappear leaving thousands of Canadians with little or no support. 1998.La dette de Louis XV: le Québec, la France et de Gaulle
Par Christophe Tardieu. 2017
Vive le Québec libre ! Ce 24 juillet 1967, au balcon de l'hôtel de ville de Montréal, Charles de Gaulle…
lance un appel promis à entrer dans l'histoire. ''Vous venez de réparer la dette de Louis XV'' lui glisse un de ses conseillers, évoquant l'abandon de la Nouvelle-France à l'Angleterre en 1763. Qu'a voulu dire et faire le Général ? Avec quelle vision a-t-il préparé ce voyage ? Comment a-t-il mené ce périple sur les pas de Jacques Cartier et de tous les héros d'une formidable épopée ? Quelle mémoire a-t-il ranimée, quel avenir a-t-il dessiné, et au prix de quel scandale international ? Ce sont ces quatre jours d'incroyable odyssée et ces cinq siècles d'histoire contrastée dont Christophe Tardieu se fait ici le chroniqueur érudit et passionné. Sans en oublier la brûlante actualité : qu'en est-il aujourdhui de l'hégémonie américaine, de l'indépendantisme québécois, de l'indépendance française ? De la liberté des peuples face à la mainmise des empires ? De la survie des langues et des cultures au regard de la mondialisation ? 2017.La passion du Québec
Par René Lévesque. 1978
Kill the messengers: Stephen Harper's assault on your right to know
Par Mark Bourrie. 2015
The author exposes how trends have conspired to simultaneously silence the Canadian media and elect an anti-intellectual government determined to…
conduct business in private. Drawing evidence from multiple cases and examples, he demonstrates how budget cuts have been used to suppress the collection of facts that embarrass the government's position or undermine its ideologically based decision-making. Bourrie gives advice on how to take back your right to be informed and to be heard. 2015.Kennedy and Diefenbaker: fear and loathing across the undefended border
Par Knowlton Nash. 1990
The hatred that existed between President John Kennedy and Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was most apparent during the Cuban Missile…
Crisis. This relationship had an important impact on the 1963 election which Diefenbaker lost to Lester Pearson.Kicking ass in Canadian politics
Par Warren Kinsella. 2001
Warren Kinsella is a lawyer and political consultant who has served as political aide to Jean Chrétien and played key…
roles in two successful Chrétien campaigns. He is also an enthusiastic advocate of tough, in-your-face politics - politics that infuriates opponents, but wins vote. Here, Kinsella reveals what really goes on inside campaigns, including insider stories from campaigns and campaigners in Canada and the United States. 2001.In defiance
Par Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. 2015
In 2012, more than 300,000 students across Quebec protested a tuition fee hike by striking from their classes. The author…
takes readers step-by-step through the strike, recounting the confrontations with journalists, ministers, judges, and police. Along the way he exposes the moral and intellectual poverty of the Quebec elite and celebrates the remarkable energy of the students who opposed the mercenary attitude of the austerity agenda. 2015. Uniform title: Tenir tête.Inside the NDP war room: competing for credibility in a federal election
Par James S McLean. 2012
Analyzing the 2005-06 federal election campaign, McLean considers the ways in which the idea of credibility is used to explain…
how messages are crafted and articulated, how journalists are implicated, and what the Canadian public needs to know about what is at stake in the competition for votes. Offers insights into the NDP breakthroughs of 2011, the full meaning of Quebec's "orange wave," and the future of a party preparing for a new reality. 2012.I'll be with you in a minute, Mr. Ambassador: the education of a Canadian diplomat in Washington
Par Allan Gotlieb. 1991
Allan Gotlieb served as the Canadian ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1989. He gained a reputation as…
a master of Washington's intricate diplomatic culture. Based on his experiences, he argues that the practice of diplomacy in Washington has changed considerably in recent years. It is key to Canadian foreign policy to understand these new changes and changes in how our largest trading partner and most important ally governs itself. 1991.If you love this country: facts and feelings on free trade
Par Laurier L LaPierre. 1987
Generation rising: the time of the Québec Student Spring
Par Shawn Katz. 2015
In 2011, proclaiming the need for austerity, Quebec’s governing Liberal Party announced a significant increase in university tuition fees. Enraged…
that the government would undermine a legacy of public education, the youth of Quebec took to the streets in a student strike under the banner of the carres rouges. They fought not merely for education, but for the future: a future they felt was being destroyed by the unrelenting march of capitalism, intent on the exploitation of citizens and precious natural resources. 2015.Canada: is anyone listening?
Par Rafe Mair. 1998
The author, an outspoken nationalist, covers the gamut of Canadian politics from the West's view on separatism to nationalism and…
the state of Canada. Mair also offers humorous recollections from the many call-in shows he's hosted and explores the British Columbian mindset. 1998.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.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.