Guardians on Trial
Edited by Anthony Hall

ISBN 1-5502-419-1
Price: $10.00
Within this collection of conversations, politicians, public servants, academics, and business leaders discuss Ottawa’s economic mismanagement and the inevitable consequences.

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Goodbye Canada
By Paul Kemp, edited by Criss Hajek

ISBN 1-5502-421-3
Price: $10.00
The author interviews Canadians on both sides of the Canada/US border, analyzing how international trade agreements and the free movement of workers and capital are threatening Canada’s economic relevance on the world stage. As the Canadian government sits idly by, the question is posed – how can Canada reverse the trend?

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Down the Road Never Travelled
By Brigitte Pellerin

ISBN 1-5502-422-1
Price: $10.00
This is a story about how spending decisions are approved across three levels of government. How did politicians and bureaucrats administer the 1993 Canada Infrastructure Works Program? Is our system of government designed to prevent citizens from finding out why a municipality in Price Edward Island got bowling alleys instead of road repairs?

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On the Money Trail
Edited by Criss Hajek and Elizabeth LeReverend

ISBN 1-5502-424-8
Price: $10.00
It was supposed to be simple: find out who decides where taxpayers’ dollars get spent. A federal program designed to repair crumbling roads and fix leaking sewers seemed to be the perfect example for seven young researchers and journalists to investigate. But they faced bureaucratic hurdles as they sought answers to the simplest of questions. This book is a companion piece to Down the Road Never Travelled and Secrets in High Places.

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The Chatter Box
By Roy Rempel

ISBN 1-5502-425-6
Price: $10.00
Canada’s international influence is slipping and national sovereignty is eroding. Parliament is now the Prime Minister’s tool to legitimize policy – meaningful debate is ominously absent. This insider’s perspective presents Parliament as an irrelevant entity in the making of national policy, particularly during our involvement in such conflicts as Afghanistan and Kosovo.

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The Chance of War
Edited by John Wood

ISBN 1-5502-426-4
Price: $10.00
In the past ten years, thousands of Canadian “peacekeepers” have served in the former Yugoslavia. The soldiers who appear in this book all served from 1992-1995. The stories they tell about their training, their experiences overseas, and their homecoming, reveal that no matter how benign the government judges a situation to be when it deploys our troops, it is the soldiers who face the reality and the chance of war.

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Talking Heads Talking Arms
Edited by John Wood

The conversations in this three-volume set were recorded from 1994 to 2001 and address the relationship between the Canadian Armed Forces, the citizen, and the government in present-day Canada.

Volume I – No Life Jackets

ISBN 1-5502-427-2
Price: $10.00
In No Life Jackets, volume one of the trilogy, servicing or retired soldiers, sailors and airmen tell of their experiences in the service and offer opinions and explanations of the problems facing the military today.

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Volume II – Whistling Past the Graveyard

ISBN 1-5502-428-0
Price: $10.00
The conversations in Whistling Past the Graveyard deal mainly, but not exclusively, with our activities during the 1990s in Somalia and Rwanda.

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Volume III – Playing the Ostrich

ISBN 1-5502-429-9
Price: $10.00
Playing the Ostrich is a wide-ranging look at Canadian defence and foreign policy from the point of view of diplomats, soldiers, academics, and people within the political world in Ottawa and Washington.

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Reflections on Canadian Character
By Bob Couchman

ISBN 1-5502-430-2
Price: $10.00
Couchman’s life takes him from the back alleys of the inner city to a role of national service leadership. His observations offer a unique perspective on the rise and decline of Canada’s version of the welfare state. He probes behind the evolution of social policy and universal programs, which arose from a fundamental change in Canadian character.

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Just Trust Us
By Patrick Boyer

ISBN 1-5502-431-0
Price: $10.00
Since the late 1700s, “representative government” has been part of our Canadian birthright. Additionally, “responsible government” has been a constitutional foundation of our country since the 1800s. The spirit of both endure, but not their substance, is the thesis of Boyer’s book. The result? An absence of accountability in Canadian government.

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A Call to Account
Edited by Criss Hajek

ISBN 1-5502-432-9
Price: $10.00
Politicians, lobbyists, civil servants, historians, advisors and journalists explore the nature of governance in Canada from its noble history to its increasingly less accountable present state. While their philosophies may vary, all contributors are passionate in their discourse about Canadian government and Parliament. A Call to Account is a companion piece to Does Your Vote Count

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Does Your Vote Count?
By Paul Kemp

ISBN 1-5502-433-7
Price: $10.00
Both scathing inquiry and sad tale, this book tells how Canada’s supposedly democratic system of representative government has slipped into a highly centralized decision-making operation. It is a case-by-case study of party politics, the decline of the MPs role in Parliament, and the impact of the media. When it comes to federal budgets, new laws, or holding the government to account, can our parliamentary system truly represent the best interests of citizens?

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