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A comprehensive and in-depth study of Canadian socialism, this volume begins with an historical overview and a detailed analysis of historical writings. It examines key issues such as ideology, party organization and policies, and leadership, and includes a case study of the 1988 federal election.It closes with suggestions for the future of the social democracy in Canada. ... Read more

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Throughout the Western world, the rise of the so-called New Right is a growing phenomenon. In Canada, it has taken the form of the Canadian Alliance Party. This book is the first critical examination of the Canadian Alliance and Reform Party ideology. It addresses the most distinctive and politically significant dimensions of the party's understanding of and agenda for democratic politics in contemporary Canada. ... Read more

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Jack Layton offers a new vision for Canada, a vision that introduces the best and most exciting ideas available today. By working together, Canadians can build a vibrant economy that protects the environment, and a just society that provides equality and services to all people who call Canada home.No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, Speaking Out offers practical solutions to key challenges-from erosion of health care and public education to the threat to our environment and the independence of our economy.Jack Layton brings theory to life by drawing on his hands-on experience in politics and community work to tackle key economic, environmental, and health issues. A call to action, this powerful book will inspire Canadians across the country to become more involved in their communities, and to embrace new solutions to old problems. ... Read more

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A *must read* for all Canadians!
No other book that I have ever read has at once made me as proud to be a Canadian and as ashamed at the same time.
This book has given me a mini education in how our Government works and how economic policies are determined. This book has educated me in the vast scope of what my fellow Canadians are capable of achieving and indeed have done to make this a great country.
I am so proud of my country and being a Canadian. At the same time I am so distressed at what our current government is doing to our country. All I could think of while reading this book was "how can I get this man elected."
I am a member of the NDP here in B.C. but being in western Canada I don't have the opportunity to meet most of the nations electedrepresentatives in Ottawa. I have personally helped our local NDP MP in her campaign and am very proud of her though she is now sadly retiring. This book gave me the opportunity to see inside the head of Jack Layton, the national leader of the NDP and I now feel that I know the issues from a national standpoint much better.
I think the viewpoint in this book reflects the majority of Canadian's thinking and if the book were more widely distributed could effect election results. Complicated issues made understandable and easy to read by the ordinary citizen, this book is a *must read* by all Canadians.
Though I agree with the NDP policies generally I had no idea that the leader of this forward thinking party was so innovative. Any Canadian that thinks that the Liberal party is representing our voices in Ottawa and implementing what is in our best interests, now or in the future, is in for a shock when they read this book.
I highly recommend that all Canadians of any party affiliationread this book, if only to know what the alternatives are to the current direction that our elected officials in Ottawa are leading us.
If I were a woman of means I would purchase many copies of this book, at least 100, and distribute them through Bookcrossing.com in order to circulate this message to a wider range of Canadians. Unfortunately I am one of the many Canadians living in poverty that have been affected by the many cutbacks imposed by the Liberals so this wish will not be fulfilled enless Jack Layton reads this and says "Hey, that lady is on to something! Let me see if I can get a hundred copies, possibly wholesale, and circulate them!". Jack if you read this, and can manage it, more Canadians will buy the book anyway because not everyone will get a book and everyone will want one :)
I am also going to recommend this book, if it's possible,for the 'One City, One Book' 2005 award in Vancouver and I appeal to people in other cities in Canada to do the same.
Our future and our children's future is dependant on the message in this book getting out to the Canadian population, please Canadians read this book!

Resident in Canada or not - this book is for you!
My only complaint about this book is its subtitle. For, while it clearly speaks to Canadians, it also speaks to those of us in Britain, and I would guess would be extremely relevant to people in Continental Europe, the USA and Australasia, too. Sadly, except through Amazon.ca (yahoo), it seems unobtainable outside of Canada.

Layton is the leader of the New Democratic Party, Cananda's equivalent to the British Labour Party or American Democratic Party (except that the NDP appears not to have compromised itself rightward over the past 15 years, as its US and British sister-parties have!). His background is in grassroots movements for human and civil rights in Montreal, before moving into city politics in Toronto, and finally into national politics, becoming leader of his party in 2003, and leading them to a relatively impressive result in the 2004 general election. His book tells of ways that local authorities can make major differences to such key issues as air pollution, recycling, health, multiculturalism and eucation, as well as less obvious areas such as peace and the economy. Far from being Canada-specific (with its federal constitution), Layton's words seem almost tailor-made for city councils in Britain, and I am sure elsewhere too. I read his first chapter, on why politics are important, and was immediately enthused. Then in chapter two start his practical proposals, and what a breath of fresh air it has been to read a contemporary politician with firm principle-commitments AND practical ideas. I am now a Laytonite - read his book, if it is the first and / or last politics book you read. His style is readable and the book will not take up more than a couple or three of your days. Please read it. ... Read more

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This landmark study meticulously traces the evolution of the farmers' movement on the prairies, which led to the birth of the co-operative movement and such populist political movements as the Progressive Party, the Social Credit, and the CCF/NDP. Out of print for almost 30 years, "The Agrarian Revolt" has remained a primary resource for scholars studying the history of this region. The trends which Sharp identified and examined continue to be crucial for an understanding of prairie politics today, for the Reform Party (now the Canadian Alliance Party) is a direct ideological descendant of the earlier populist movements considered in "The Agrarian Revolt." The new introductions to this 1997 reprint provide an American perspective from William Pratt (University of Nebraska - Omaha) and a Canadian perspective from Lorne Brown (University of Regina). ... Read more

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The Necessary Education
A Book Review of "The Agrarian Revolt in Western Canada: A Survey Showing American Parrallels" by: Erin L. Smith

Does Uncle Sam and Jack Canuck share a common history in regards to their agrarianmovments?This was the question ask by Paul Sharp in his thoughtful book"The Agrarian Revolt in Western Canada: A Survey Showing AmericanParrallels".Orgainally published in 1948 this monograph does a finejob of illustrating with remarkable adroitness the narrative of theagrarian sedition in Western Canada. In his opening chapterSharp shows well that "It was the existence of cheap land to the souththat was largely responsible for the delay"1 in devolpment andsettelment of the canadian prairies.Sharp goes on to show that by 1909"the same type of land could be purchased"2 in canada at twodollars instead of 50 per acre.In his next three chapters Sharp developesfor the reader a picture of the growth in farmers' associations between1889 and 1915.The following three chapters are dedicated to the affectsof World War One on the farmers' movement, also discussed in these chapterswas the establishment of farmer leagues which were exclusively for politcalaction.The last chapters delt with the epidemic of organized agrariansbetween 1918 and 1922 including the eventual collapse of the movement.

Dr. Sharp does a skilled job of showing simlarities or parrallels betweenthe American and Canadian farmers movements.However intersting andobvious historical parallels may appear to be, understanding them well doesnot necessarily mean a complete comprehension of the past.In factutilizing such methods to apprecate the elapsed may obfuscate ones surveyof the prior.The dissimilarities are just as important to understandingthe past as similarities may be.

Francis Bacon felt that throughthought, we were capable of understanding the human potential and someuniversal truths.However, he named four false idols that could prevent usfrom that higher understanding about the humanexperience.He felt thatif we were not ever aware of these idols we could be led away from thetruth. An idol is something with a false or misleading meaning notnecessarily pertaining to religion.One of these idols of which he warnsus of is the "The Idol of the Cave...For every one has a cave or denof his own, which refracts and discolors the light of nature..."Thisidol seems to be what we call bias.Consequently the way we see andperceive our world is obscured by our own cave.Hence, our experiences andideals form our cave.The cave then discolors our study of past in its ownunique way.Studying the parallels can become its own cave unless allefforts to remain honest and detached are used.The enterprise toauthentically know the past is already handicapted by a scholars cave. Sharp added an extra layer to that stuggle by focusing on the parallels.

Sharp utilized a plethora of varied sources such as newspapers, govermentdocuments, even political prapaganda.However much importance and reliancewas placed on primary evidence like the Grain Growers Guide, and theNonpartisan Leader or other nonpartisan newspapers.These sources canprovide much useful evidance about the state of the movement, majoruncertainty faced by farmers, even strife within the movement, along withother helpful information.These sources also give a one-sided and partialnarrative focusing the authors attention away from a comprehensiveawareness.This reviewer can not help but wonder if more impartialevidence had been used for the study, if the picture painted, by Sharpwould have been in piercing contrast.

However Sharp must becommended for his efforts to show the reader the whole picture as a NorthAmerican.Because of environmental factors, clearly the Canadian and theAmerican farmers shared many of the same hardships and frustrations.Inhis effort to show the parallels, considerable worthy evidence was providedto show that there was much ingrained dissatisfaction within the farmingcommunity towards the market system, and it's apprent inability to giveeveryone an opportunity."Railroads were attacked for chargingexorbitant rates and for failure to provide sufficient cars to handle thefarmers' crops."6 as early as 1890.Sharp used this evidence and muchlike it to prove that unfairness was a fundamental part of farming, longbefore the revolt had poltical consequences in the late 1910's and thatthere were years of education and awareness on behalf of the farmers priorto the revolt.Furthermore there was "...growing sentiment thatpolitical action alone could save the western farmer."7 well beforethe turn of the century.

Sharps most meaningful contribution to thediscussion of cooperatives and grain growing was that the farmers perceivedthe market driven grain industry as unfair to farmers.Beginning in 1901with the formation of the Territorial Grain Growers' Association or TGGA8farmers began a critique of the mercantilistic system that was grainselling, and transporting in western Canada during the late nineteenth andearly twentieth centuries.Out of the early farmers movement came afundamental principle of cooperation which was predominantly antagonisticto market economics.Moreover Canadian farmers concept of cooperation wasinterventionist in its approach. Chiefly affected by the governmentspolicy setting authority during the First World War the agrarian revoltperceived such market control as essential for survival.

Sharp didleave an important qusetion unaswered.Was the agrarain revolt a politcalor economic awakening.Sharp provides some evidence that indicates therevolt was primarily a political manifestation.However he also usesinformation that identfies the revolt in a dualistic form, both politicaland economic.These dualing ideas create confusion for the reader and canultimately obscure some of the leading concepts.Nevertheless manyinteresting ideas, and concepts about the underlying factors surounding theagrarain movement have been brocked by Sharp and though the abstractionsare sometimes twofold they do create awareness and may ultimately providedthe necessary historical foundations for future scholars to findanswers.

This book is in the end a noteworthy jumping off place forone who wishes to study the agrarian movement in western canada between1885 and 1928.Sharp has provided much historical context for the scholar,which makes this book a good first read on the subject.It is the opinionof this reviewer that too much attention was paid to the parallels betweenAmerica and Canada: and that the real value of the work was its effort toprove the intrinsic frustration of farmers and their class consciences. Moreover Sharp's book leads us on an entriguing path of study about how themercantilism of farming led farmers to politcal, economic action.Finally,Sharp and the the publisher should be complimented for a job well done. ... Read more

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Title: British Columbia.(Legislative Reports)
Author: Kathryn Butler
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In this short but persuasive book, life-long conservative Hugh Segal confronts the beliefs of the new right by exposing its roots, misrepresentations, and excesses--and makes the case for a civil conservatism that reflects a confident, yet sensitive socity, in which open debate tenders stability, social justice, and opportunity. ... Read more

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Poorly researched garbage
Throughout this book Segal cites neo-conservative authors a grand total of zero times.Apparently actually taking the trouble to effectively critique the movement he disagrees with was simply beyond his abilities.Instead he resorts to hasty generalization (grouping a protectionist, neo-isolationist like Buchanan with the neo-conservative movement is just silly) and deliberately misconstruing neo-conservative positions whenever possible.The reason "Progressive" Conservativism died in Canada is that its top thinkers were no more than overrated hacks--Segal being the greatest example.

An excellent insight into the western consersative ideology
This is a must read for anyone in North America and Europe concerned with the growth and popularity of right wing or neo-conservative parties. Segal, a self-professed moderate conservative, thoroughly analyzes the neo-conservatism movement in Canada, the US, and Great Britain. He outlines how and why they have grown in popularity in recent years, and especially in the latest elections, in all three countries. For Segal, the neo-conservatives offer simple and politically expedient solutions to complex social, political, and economical problems. It is these simple solutions that have attracted people to these neo-conservative parties. After his neo-conservative overview Segal argues why moderate conservatives offer a balance between the rights of the individual and their responsibility to society. A balance which is missing in the neo-conservative concern for the individuals rights, and the liberals/socialist belief in a utopian state. The book concludes with Segal challenging all citizens to actively become involved with their community. Which is the base of a just and civil society. He then encourages people, "to reach beyond the narrow, beyond the small-minded, beyond the politics of insensitivity and envy," which for Segal is precisely what the neo-conservative movement propagates. ... Read more

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The opening of the twentieth century saw a fervour of radical political movements in Western Canada. Ross McCormack explores the constituencies, ideologies, and development of early reformist, syndicalist, and socialist organizations from the 1880s up to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919. He distinguishes three types of radicals - reformers, rebels, and revolutionaries - who competed with each other to fashion a gneral western constituency.

The reformers wanted to change society for the betterment of the workers, but both their aims and methods were moderate, essentially transfering the philosophy and tactics of the British labour movement to the Canadian west. The rebels, militant industrial unionists, periodically battled the Trades and Labour Congress in order to establish unions strong enough to defet the employers and, if necessary, the state. The revolutionary Marxists were committed to the destruction of industrial capitalism and the establishment of a society controlled by the workers.

The book describes the origins of radicalism, traces the histories of the various organizations that expressed its ideals, and discusses the impact of the First World War on the labour movement.

Using previously unexplored sources, McCromack has produced the first comprehensive examination of the early history of the radical movement in western Canada, adding an important dimension to our knowledge and understanding of Canadian labour history. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Moore, PC, MP (born June 10, 1976 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is the Canadian Member of Parliament for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Moore was the Secretary of State for Official Languages, Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics before the cabinet shuffle announced on October 30, 2008, when he was appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. Before being elected to Parliament, Moore was a student and hosted a campus radio program in Prince George, British Columbia. He was also the author of a website, "End the NDP", between 1996 to 1998. The website was a humorous representation of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia under Glen Clark. ... Read more

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This collection of essays examines federalism and nationalism in Canada, emphasizing issues surrounding the Canada/Quebec question since 1971. It analyzes the singularity of Quebec within the larger Canadian mosaic, providing a reasoned defence for the recognition of Quebec's distinctiveness within a reformed federal system. The author brings to his reflections on nationalism and federalism the fruits of a more universal philosophical discourse rooted in the Enlightenment and before. Its hallmarks are terms such as recognition, self-determination, atomism, and modernity. Notwithstanding his long involvement in philosophical reflections, Taylor has avoided the role of the disengaged intellectual, always remaining close to political action and debate in Canada. To his philosophical discourse, therefore, is added a knowledge of Quebec society from the vantage point of an English-speaking citizen with profound roots within it. He suggests that it will be necessary to think in terms of deep diversity if Canada is to stay together in the 21st century.Eight of the essays, published between 1965 and 1992, are drawn from the "Queen's Quarterly", edited scholarly books, a research study for the MacDonald Commission on Canada's Economic and Political Future, and an English translation of his submission to Quebec's Belanger-Campeau Commission. The concluding paper was written specially for this volume. ... Read more

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Title: Funding political parties: can a fair system be devised?
Author: David Payne
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Title: A "Democratic Audit" addresses the state of Canada's parties, elections, and citizens.(Political Parties)(Elections)(Citizens)(Book Review)
Author: Howard Cody
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The four articles which make up this volume were originally published in successive issues of the Monthly Book Review of the Manitoba Free Press and are herewith assembled in book form in response to what appears to be a somewhat general request that they be made available in a more permanent form. ... Read more

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From the author: Dans cet article, nous examinons les rapports a trois entre le parti travailliste, le Movement for Colonial Freedom (MCF) et le parti communiste en Grande-Bretagne. Nous y decrivons aussi les efforts" dans les pourparlers des politiques delicates de la decolonisation. Ce sujet avait toujours ete politiquement tres delicat dans la Grande-Bretagne d'apres guerre, parce qu'il coincidait avec le declin de la puissance britannique sur le plan international en meme temps que l'Ouest combattait universellement le communisme. De plus, pour y ajouter du piquant, le parti travailliste etait le parti de l'opposition durant les annees les plus intenses d'efforts de decolonisation," il en resulta qu'il fut relegue dans la position inconfortable d'etre ignore sur la question coloniale par le parti conservateur qui avait le privilege de passer en priorite. La direction du parti travailliste etait preoccupee de demontrer que leur parti serait serieux au pouvoir et, par consequent, se distancia de tous organismes anticoloniaux qui pourraient eventuellement etre subversifs. Une des consequences de cette situation particuliere fut que l'organisme anticolonial le plus efficace, le MCE fitt force de prendre des positions qui leur permettraient ni de choquer l'opinion publique ni de risquer la perte du soutien capital du parti travailliste. Cela signifia qu'on devait egalement garder une distance entre le MCF et le CPGB. La dynamique qui s'ensuivit fut un eventail d'associations et de desassociations strategiques qui refletent les luttes individuelles de ces organismes pour deployer leur influence sur ces sujets politiques delicats sans compromettre leurs buts a long terme ou leurs principes ideologiques.

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Title: The taint of communism: the Movement for Colonial Freedom, the Labour Party, and the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1954-70.
Author: Josiah Brownell
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2007
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