Empire Club Speeches

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Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Empire Club Speeches

Empire Club Speeches PDF Author:
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Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Toronto

Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Toronto PDF Author: Canadian Club of Toronto
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Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Empire's Ally

Empire's Ally PDF Author: Jerome Klassen
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442664967
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465

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The war in Afghanistan has been a major policy commitment and central undertaking of the Canadian state since 2001: Canada has been a leading force in the war, and has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on aid and reconstruction. After a decade of conflict, however, there is considerable debate about the efficacy of the mission, as well as calls to reassess Canada’s role in the conflict. An authoritative and strongly analytical work, Empire’s Ally provides a much-needed critical investigation into one of the most polarizing events of our time. This collection draws on new primary evidence – including government documents, think tank and NGO reports, international media files, and interviews in Afghanistan – to provide context for Canadian foreign policy, to offer critical perspectives on the war itself, and to link the conflict to broader issues of political economy, international relations, and Canada’s role on the world stage. Spanning academic and public debates, Empire’s Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis.

Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity

Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity PDF Author: Raymond B. Blake
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774869666
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Since Confederation, Canadian prime ministers have consciously constructed the national story. Each created shared narratives, formulating and reformulating a series of unifying national ideas that served to keep this geographically large, ethnically diverse, and regionalized nation together. This book is about those narratives and stories. Focusing on the post–Second World War period, Raymond B. Blake shows how, regardless of political stripe, prime ministers worked to build national unity, forged a citizenship based on inclusion, and defined a place for Canada in the world. They created for citizens an ideal image of what the nation stood for and the path it should follow. They told a national story of Canada as a modern, progressive, liberal state with a strong commitment to inclusion, a deep respect for diversity and difference, and a fundamental belief in universal rights and freedoms. Ultimately, this innovative history provides readers with a new way to see and understand what Canada is, and what holds us together as a nation.

Canada and the First World War, Second Edition

Canada and the First World War, Second Edition PDF Author: David MacKenzie
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487519699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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The First World War is often credited as being the event that gave Canada its own identity, distinct from that of Britain, France, and the United States. Less often noted, however, is that it was also the cause of a great deal of friction within Canadian society. The fifteen essays contained in Canada and the First World War examine how Canadians experienced the war and how their experiences were shaped by region, politics, gender, class, and nationalism. Editor David MacKenzie has brought together some of the leading voices in Canadian history to take an in-depth look into the tensions and fractures the war caused, and to address the way some attitudes about the country were changed, while others remained the same. The essays vary in scope, but are strongly unified so as to create a collection that treats its subject in a complete and comprehensive manner. Canada and the First World War is a tribute to esteemed University of Toronto historian Robert Craig Brown, one of Canada's greatest authorities on the Great War World War One. The collection is a significant contribution to the on-going re-examination of Canada's experiences in war, and a must-read for students of Canadian history.

Hierarchies of Belonging

Hierarchies of Belonging PDF Author: Ailsa Henderson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773560475
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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Nationalism has long been a potent political force in Scotland and Quebec. Hierarchies of Belonging explores the construction of national identity and nationalism and its effect on how citizens of Scotland and Quebec understand their relationship to the nation and the state.

The Great Canadian Book of Lists

The Great Canadian Book of Lists PDF Author: Mark Kearney
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9780888822130
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Chronicles a century of achievements, trends, important and influential people, and events that have shaped this country.

The Writing on the Wall

The Writing on the Wall PDF Author: E. M. Andrews
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040182909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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First published in 1987, The Writing on the Wall tells the story of the muddle, shortsightedness and duplicity which characterised Britain’s dealings with her Pacific Dominions. It describes the reactions of each Dominion and chronicles the desultory responses of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to the developing crises in the North Pacific. The result is an important contribution to the history of all four continents. As the 1930s opened, the British Empire was everywhere recognised as a Great Power. Its rule extended over one-fifth of the earth’s land surface; it encompassed the largest population of any ‘State’ in the world; it controlled one-sixth of the world’s trade. In truth, the Empire was tragically fragile. Both Britain and the Dominions had disarmed to the point of impotence, so that when Japan occupied Manchuria in 1931 and attacked Shanghai, the centre of British trade in China, in the following year, they were unable to respond. British defence chiefs declared Japan’s success to be ‘the writing on the wall’. Despite these warnings, British politicians chose to appease the Japanese at the cost of seriously damaging the League of Nations, and to avoid spending money on defence in the Far East. Despite the concerns of the Dominions—Australia, New Zealand, and Canada—the scene was set for the total collapse of Britain’s Empire in the East within a decade. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of history.

Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King

Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King PDF Author: Terry Reardon
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459705912
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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The story of the complex relationship between two world leaders during one of the greatest crises in human history. Born just two weeks apart in 1874, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King had much in common. Both forged long parliamentary careers, and each led his country to victory in World War II. A BBC poll deemed Winston Churchill the greatest Briton of all time, and Mackenzie King has been judged by a group of historians as the greatest Canadian prime minister. Their parallel careers fostered a working relationship that lasted almost fifty years. It was not always an easy relationship, however. Churchill, famous for his drink and cigars, was impetuous and charismatic, an extrovert; King, a teetotaller during WWII, was noted for considering all options before cautiously proceeding. Fate threw this ill-matched pair together. For the first time, the vital relationship between these two very different men is explored in depth. It is the story not just of two extraordinary leaders, but also of the changing bonds between Britain and Canada.

How Ottawa Spends, 2010-2011

How Ottawa Spends, 2010-2011 PDF Author: G. Bruce Doern
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773537287
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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Fresh takes on the recession and the federal minority government.