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2013., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: 971.07 I24f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Renowned author and former Liberal Party of Canada leader Michael Ignatieff delivers a stirring meditation on contemporary politics and the lessons he learned in defeat. Candid and utterly unexpected, this book is not just for Canadians concerned about the future of the Liberal Party, but for all citizens concerned about the future of Canada and of political discourse in today's increasingly partisan world."--From publisher.
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2015., Adult, Between the Lines Call No: QWF 371.8 N134i Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: ?What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will tell future generations who we were. And you already know what is being said today about our generation. That we are the generation of comfort and indifference, the generation of cash and iPods; that we are individualists, egotists; that we don?t care about anything, except our navels and our gadgets. Aren?t you tired of hearing this? Well, I am. Luckily, today we have a chance to prove that it?s not true, that it has never been true.?The ?Maple Spring? saw more than 300,000 students across Quebec protest a tuition fee hike by striking from their classes. Nadeau-Dubois 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.In Defiance is translated from the 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award winner for non-fiction, Tenir tête (Lux Éditeur)
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2016., Adult, Nimbus Publishing Call No: 971.064 M167n Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "This outspoken, timely book by former Mulroney Cabinet Minister Tom McMillan indicts Stephen Harper for destroying the historic Canadian Conservative Party while prime minister and party leader, accusing him of turning a force for progressive Canadian values into an American Republican style vehicle for right<U+00AD>wing ideologues. Lamenting Harper's hyperpartisan "cult of personality" politics, MacMillan argues the Conservative Party is no longer the enlightened national institution founded by Sir John A. Macdonald and nurtured by successive Tory leaders until the 2003 Reform/Canadian Alliance Party merger. In a crisp, conversational tone, MacMillan contrasts this new brand of Conservatism with Robert Stanfield's 1960s/'70s "politics of thoughtfulness," assessing the impact of Stanfield's legacy on successive Conservative leaders. He urges Conservative progressives to reclaim their party from right wing extremists and revive its commitment to nation building and national unity; to re-brand itself, once again, as Progressive Conservative. A fascinating political memoir from a long time Conservative Party insider, Not My Party explores the evolution-or devolution-of Canada's Conservative Party, how back room party politics operates, and political leaders succeed or fail. Tom McMillan is a former federal Cabinet minister, including as Minister of the Environment, and was Canada's Consul General to New England, at Boston. He served as a Member of Parliament from PEI for nine years. Before that, he was Policy Secretary to Rt. Hon. Robert L. Stanfield, leader of the PC Party of Canada. A political scientist, he resides in Boston and has three daughters."--Provided by publisher.
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McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: NEW 971.07 M135p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the turbulent period from 2018 to 2021, Canada saw a majority government reduced to minority standing, a political dynasty tainted by scandal, a neighbouring nation’s struggle to transfer power, and a paradigm-changing pandemic. Political insider L. Ian MacDonald, recognized for his clear-minded commentary on national and world political issues salient to all Canadians, guided his readers through it all. In this third collection of columns and articles from Policy magazine, the Montreal Gazette, and iPolitics, MacDonald focuses on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s uneven leadership at home, the Canada-US relationship with Donald Trump in the White House, and Ottawa’s management of health and economic policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapters on prime ministers past and present, hot-button issues such as pipeline protests and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, and analysis of major elections show these standalone pieces as components of a cohesive body of political commentary. In these last four years, everything happened at high speed. Politics & Players ably navigates the terrain.
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c2013., Adult, Lux Éditeur Call No: QWF FR 371.81 N134t Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "(S0 (BToute histoire a un commencement, et pour moi l'aventure du printemps 2012 débute le 12 juin 2009 lorsque j'ouvre le journal Le Devoir. (S1 (BDans ce livre, écrit avec le style qu'on lui connaît, on suit pas à pas Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois au fil des luttes, des rencontres décisives, des assemblées générales, des confrontations avec journalistes, ministres, juges et policiers, mais aussi dans son analyse de la grève de 2012. Chemin faisant, le lecteur prendra acte, non sans stupéfaction, de la misère morale et intellectuelle d'une certaine élite québécoise. Il renouera surtout avec la formidable vigueur des étudiants qui se sont opposés au mercantilisme de cette élite. Tenir tête doit être lu par ceux qui ont partagé la colère des étudiants, mais aussi par les autres, qui se surprendront peut-être à admettre que la cause des étudiants est également la leur."--Présentation de l'éditeur.
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2015., Adult, Penguin Canada Call No: 352.35 P132u Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In this shocking insider's account, Page argues that democracy is being undermined by an increasingly autocratic government that does not respect facts that run counter to its political agenda. Elected officials need accurate, independently verified data to support the implementation of policies and programs. In Unaccountable, Page tells all Canadians why we should be concerned."--From publisher.
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2013., Adult, McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 352.3 S268w Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Thirty years ago, Anglo-American politicians set out to make the public sector look like the private sector. These reforms continue today, ultimately seeking to empower elected officials to shape policies and pushing public servants to manage operations in the same manner as their private-sector counterparts. In Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?, Donald Savoie provides a nuanced account of how the Canadian federal government makes decisions. Savoie argues that the traditional role of public servants advising governments on policy has been turned on its head, and that evidence-based policy making is no longer valued as it once was. Policy making has become a matter of opinion, Google searches, focus groups, and public opinion surveys, where a well-connected lobbyist can provide any answers politicians wish to hear. As a result, public servants have lost their way and are uncertain about how they should assess management performance, how they should generate policy advice, how they should work with their political leaders, and how they should speak truth to political power - even within their own departments. Savoie demonstrates how recent management reforms in government have caused a steep rise in the overhead cost of government, as well as how the notion that public administration could be made to operate like the private sector has been misguided and costly to taxpayers. Abandoning "textbook" discussions of government and public service, Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? Is a realistic portrayal of how policy decisions are made and how actors and institutions interact with one another and exposes the complexities, contradictions present in Canadian politics and governance.
