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The truth about Canada : some important, some astonishing, some truly appalling things all Canadians should know about our country Cover Image Book Book

The truth about Canada : some important, some astonishing, some truly appalling things all Canadians should know about our country / Mel Hurtig.

Hurtig, Mel. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780771041662 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xii, 396 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: Emblem ed.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Emblem/McClelland & Stewart, 2009.

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"A Douglas Gibson book".

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Subject: Canada > Politics and government > 21st century.
Canada > Economic conditions > 1991-
Canada > Social conditions > 1991-
Health status indicators > Canada.

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Lillooet Branch 971.07 HUR (Text) 35180000217199 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
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Acknowledgements viii
Preface ix
PART ONE
1. Health Care in Canada and Our Tragic, Inexcusable Shortage of Doctors
2
2. Poverty in Canada
22
PART TWO
3. Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
36
4. Canadian Social Policy
40
5. Employment and Unemployment in Canada
46
6. Ottawa's UI/EI Cash Cow
51
7. Welfare in Canada
54
8. Immigration and Emigration
63
PART THREE
9. Wages in Canada
72
10. The Distribution of Income in Canada
79
11. The Distribution of Wealth in Canada
84
12. Big-Business Bellyaching and Actual Corporate Profits in Canada
86
PART FOUR
13. Big-Business Investment in Canada
90
14. Research and Development
96
15. Productivity in Canada
100
16. Manufacturing in Canada
107
17. Cars, Trucks, and Auto Parts
109
18. Corporate Taxes in Canada
114
19. Personal Taxes
126
20. How Competitive Is Canada?
136
PART FIVE
21. Education in Canada
140
22. Culture in Canada
150
23. The Media in Canada
163
PART SIX
24. Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Foreign Control
178
25. Foreign Takeovers
200
26. Canadian Investment Abroad
209
27. The Free Trade Agreement
213
28. NAFTA
221
29. Trade in Goods and Services
233
30. Globalization
242
PART SEVEN
31. Foreign Aid
250
32. Defence, the Military, the Arms Trade, Peacekeeping, and the Arctic
260
PART EIGHT
33. Government in Canada
274
34. Decentralization
283
35. Energy Policy in Canada
289
36. Water
307
37. Gross Domestic Product
313
38. Standard of Living and the Quality of Life
315
PART NINE
39. Reforming Our Dysfunctional Electoral System
324
40. Women in Canada
342
Conclusion 349
Glossary 358
APPENDICES
Appendix One: Health Care
364
Category Breakdown of Total Health-Care Expenditures in Canada
364
Provincial and Territorial Health-Care Spending
365
Public and Private Health-Care Costs
365
Health Care in the United States
366
Some Sample American Surgical Costs in U.S. Dollars
370
Appendix Two: Poverty
371
Measuring Poverty
371
Some Notes About Poverty in the United States
372
Notes 375

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