In the 1960s, Canada began a seismic shift away from the core policies and values upon which the country had been built. A nation of "makers" transformed itself into a nation of "takers". Crowley argues that the time has come for the pendulum to swing back - back to a time when Canadians were less willing to rely on the state for support; when people went where the work was rather than waiting for the work to come to them.Thought-provoking, meticulously detailed and ultimately pola...

One hundred years ago a great Canadian Sir Wilfrid Laurier predicted that the twentieth century would belong to Canada. He had a plan to make it so. What happened? Canada lost sight of Laurier's plan and failed to claim its century dwelling instead in the long shadow of the United States. No more! Co-authors Brian Crowley Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis envision Canada's emergence as an economic and social power. They argue while the United States was busy precipitating a global economic ...