Genres: Canada

  • The Big Fix – Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar

    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…

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  • A Better Place on Earth – Andrew MacLeod

    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…

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  • Starlight Tour

    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…

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