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

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada corporate welfare Economics
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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

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada Capitalism Corruption Economics Oligarch
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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

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada Oligarch Politics
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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

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada History
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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

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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

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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

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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

RECOMMENDED NONFICTION Canada Economics History Mining
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