Canada
At the Trough - Laurent Carbonneau
Laurent Carbonneau
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 welfar
Corporate Control - Nora Loreto
Nora Loreto
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
Rogers v Rogers - Alexandra Posadzki
Alexandra Posadzki
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 d
Beneath Dark Waters - Eve Lazarus
Eve Lazarus
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
The Big Fix - Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar
Denise Hearn, Vass Bednar
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
A Better Place on Earth - Andrew MacLeod
Andrew MacLeod
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 o
Starlight Tour
Robert Renaud, Susanne Reber
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
The Devils Curve - Arno Kopecky
Arno Kopecky
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 backyar