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By Philip Slayton. 2015
Whether they’ve misappropriated funds, had cosy relationships with Mafia hoods, been caught with prostitutes, or admitted to smoking crack, Canada’s…
mayors are a colourful collection: Peter Kelly, long-serving mayor of Halifax, driven from office by investigative reporting of ethical lapses; Alexandre Duplessis of Laval left after a hooker scandal; Susan Fennell of Brampton was under police investigation for possible criminal use of city funds; Sam Katz of Winnipeg was dogged throughout his mayoralty by conflict-of-interest allegations; and Rob Ford made headlines across North America as “the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto.” Aside from creating a rogues’ gallery of mayors, Slayton offers insight into the nature of municipal government in Canada and speculates about why people seek the office of mayor. 2015.By Pierre Elliott Trudeau, C. David Crenna. 1987
By Philip Resnick, Daniel Latouche. 1990
Resnick reviews events in Quebec since 1980 which ultimately have led to the suppression of the Meech Lake Accord. He…
implores his friend, Daniel Latouche, to join the struggle to build a united nation. Latouche's stinging reply asserts that he is unwilling to accept a national partnership. Companion volume to "Toward a Canada-Quebec union". 1990.By John Ibbitson. 2001
A concise political history of the last 130 years of the Province of Ontario, the premiers who shaped it, and…
its transformation from an agricultural society to an economic giant. With Queen's Park and Ottawa in perpetual conflict, its economy reshaped, and the nation's historic east-west ties dissolving, Ontario is searching for a new destiny and a new role for itself, as it becomes an economically independent region, seeking new alliances in a globalized world. 2001.By Elizabeth May. 2009
May believes that Canadians have a presidential-style prime minister without the checks and balances of either the US or the…
Canadian systems. Attack ads run constantly, backbenchers and cabinet ministers alike are muzzled, committees are deadlocked, and civility has disappeared from the House of Commons. May outlines these and other problems of our political system, and offers solutions. c2009.By Scott Reid. 1993
Political analyst Scott Reid details the history of bilingualism in Canada. He argues that Canada's language laws have failed in…
their intent to create a bilingual state and are the main reason for Canada's continued unity crisis. He suggests alternative policies which will come closer to achieving the original goals of bilingualism. 1993.By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.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.By Laurier L LaPierre. 1987
By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.