Genres: Canada
At the Trough – Laurent Carbonneau
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At The Trough continues my curiosity at Canadian focused looks at the economy, and ties in with Corporate Control from a few weeks back. Here Laurent Carbonneau looks at the Canadian corporate welfare industry that was started with the founding of our country as we gave money to build railroads that mostly profited the investors
Rogers v Rogers – Alexandra Posadzki
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This is a story of one of the biggest telecom companies in Canada, Rogers Communications, and the family behind it. While the subtitle leads you to believe that we’re going to hear about the sordid drama between family members during a merger with Shaw Communications and a CEO ousting, that’s a very small part of
Corporate Control – Nora Loreto
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Much like Dark PR I see in this government subsidizing industries that really aren’t good for the people that live in the country, the people that government is supposed to be serving. From choosing free trade over the protected economy in the late 80’s to selling off the Crown Corporations to business that now make
Beneath Dark Waters – Eve Lazarus
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While the Titanic sinking may be one of the most famous Maritime disasters, it’s not the biggest or the one that touches Canada the most. A few years after the Titanic had it’s ill-fated meeting with an iceberg The Empress of Ireland had a collision with another ship on the St Lawrence in Canada where
The Big Fix – Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar
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Denise and Vass us this book to take a look at the regulatory framework that Canada uses to evaluate competition and monopoly powers. While I knew that many companies owned many brands that “competed” with each other, this did bring more of that to the forefront. There really is only 2 or 3 companies that
A Better Place on Earth – Andrew MacLeod
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I’ve read a number of books about basic income or scarcity and poverty but they’ve all been in the US context and aren’t entirely applicable to the political climate found in Canada. A Better Place on Earth takes a look at equality, poverty, and homelessness in my home province of British Columbia. MacLeod provides stark
Starlight Tour
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I feel struck by the tragedy of the death of Neil Stonechild and the callousness that the Saskatoon Police had in dealing with the death of a first nations person. Really how they dealt with all the first nations people spoken with in the book. The police often talk about a single bad officer, but
The Devils Curve – Arno Kopecky
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What does Canada do with it’s mining interests on the edge of the Amazon? Arno Kopecky brings us a well researched book showing that we’re willing to destroy the land somewhere that’s not our backyard if it brings us profit. We’re willing to collude with terrible government regimes that violently remove their citizens as long
