Who Killed Confederation Life?: The Inside Story

When Confederation Life went belly-up in 1994, it was the fourth largest insurance company in Canada, with a history stretching back to the late 1800s. The news rocked the financial-services sector and made headlines for ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Shakedown: How the New Economy Is Changing Our Lives

By Angus Reid

The last few years have seen a veritable torrent of digital-age cheerleading. Books from people like Faith Popcorn and Alvin Toffler have told us that the future will be a playground of opportunity, with fat ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Naming Rumpelstiltskin: Who Will Profit (and Who Will Lose) in the Workplace of the Twenty-First Century

By Ann Finlayson

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Politically Speaking

By Judy Rebick and Kiké Roach

It seems we can thank Ontario’s neo-conservative politicians for one thing: they seem to have helped spur a small publishing explosion of left-wing books this fall, with books coming out by former NDP premier Bob ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Impossible Nation: The Longing for Homeland in Canada and Quebec

By Ray Conlogue

Ray Conlogue’s four-year tenure as The Globe and Mail’s Montreal arts correspondent has been notable for two qualities in his work. The first, unsurprising for those familiar with his earlier position as the newspaper’s theatre ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Fight for Canada

By Diane Francis

The Fight ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: History

Double Vision: The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power

By Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith

This is the book for policy wonks. The Globe and Mail’s Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith of Maclean’s have combined their leaks into a long, intensely detailed analysis of the Chrétien government’s time in power. ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Dream Betrayed: The Battle for the CBC

By Anthony Manera

These two books – both written by dedicated insiders – present two opposite versions of the ever-beleaguered and long-suffering Canadian Broadcasting Company.From Knowlton Nash comes the “warm-fuzzies” book, a compendium of wonderful anecdotes about memorable ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Cue the Elephant!: Backstage at the CBC

By Knowlton Nash

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Romance of Canada

By Laurier LaPierre

Laurier LaPierre starts this book from a laudable premise: that Laurier was a great Canadian, and that his fight for Canada has meaning for our own time. The book reflects the strengths and excesses of ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: History

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