The big shift
Subtitle: the seismic change in Canadian politics, business, and culture and what it means for our future
By: Darrell Bricker & John Ibbitson
Contributors: Ibbitson, John, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781443416450
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Regionalismus; Politische Beteiligung; Immigrants; Politische Elite; Attitudes; Canadians; Politik; Konservativismus; Political activity; History; Politics and government; Conservatism; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Regionalism; Economic history
Description: The authors discuss changes they believe have been happening in Canadian politics and in the country itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294).
Table of contents: title: Preface : you need to stop listening; title: 1. The death of the Laurentian Consensus : why the people who used to matter most don't anymore; title: 2. The great divide : Conservative values and the Big Shift; title: 3. Quebec : The sun sets. The sun might just possibly rise.; title: 4. It's not ROC anymore : the Ottawa River Curtain descends; title: 5. The Wests : getting used to being in charge; title: 6. They don't get it : and why they don't; title: 7. The Conservative century : why the Tories will rule, and how they'll be defeated; title: 8. Not so fragile : the Canada your mother never knew; title: 9. The Big Shift means business : is yours ready?; title: 10. The decline of the Laurentian media : why it doesn't matter if the press gallery doesn't like Stephen Harper; title: 11. Things will change (1) : at home; title: 12. Things will change (2) : abroad; title: Conclusion : margin of error.