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Two Forces Have Shaped Canada Profoundly In The Last Fifty Years: The Entry Of Boomers Into The Workforce And The Rise Of A Separatist Quebec Nationalism. Large-scale Unemployment Plus The Threat Of The Breakup Of The Country Caused Canada To Jettison Its Traditional Values--a Ferocious Work Ethic, A Commitment To The Family As The Most Important Social Institution, A Suspicion Of Overweening Government, And An Aversion To Dependence--in Favour Of A Vast Expansion Of The Welfare State. We Rapidly Became A Nation Of Takers Rather Than The Makers We Had Always Been. But The Tide Is About To Turn With A Vengeance: The Boomers Are Retiring And Quebec Nationalism Is Increasingly A Spent Force, Presaging A Resurgence Of Our Founders' Values That Had Served Us So Well--from Publisher's Description. Pt. 1. Canada Old And New: Introduction : Symmetry's Halves ; Our Forgotten Political Tradition Vindicated -- Pt. 2. The Rise Of The New Canada: Quebec And Ottawa : The Bidding War Unleashed ; Work And The Meaning Of The Content Of Our Character ; Perverting The Course Of (social) Justice : Pseudo-work, Corporate Welfare, And Trade Unionism ; Family And The Audacity Of Love ; Nationalism And We

Author
Brian Lee Crowley
Publisher
Toronto: Key Porter Books
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9781554701889
Subjects
History, Social Science, Economics

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