This contributed volume explores the possibility that Canada's influence in the international community is on the decline given the changing orientation in international affairs and international priorities in light of September 11, 2001. Shortly after the 11 September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, former Foreign Minister John Manley was biting his assessment of Canada's international performance over the last decade. Canada, he stated in an interview, is 'a fading power' that has continued to trade 'on a reputation that was built two generations and more ago.' In the minister's colourful language, 'You can't just sit at the G-8 table and then, when the bill comes, go to the washroom.' Manley then identified deficiencies in Canadian intelligence, military capacity, and level of development aid. Much of the evidence in Canada Among Nations 2002-and our subtitle, A fading power-supports the proposition that Canada's position in the world is not what it once was but there are also articulate statements that this is not the case. The events of 11 September did a great deal more than shatter the impression that North America was invulnerable to terrorism. They also brought Canada-US relations to the forefront of Canadian consciousness once again, reviving the debate over issues of sovereignty. Is there a qualitative difference in the relationship since the fall of 2001 or are we simply witnessing the next steps in growing bilateral ties? How do we ensure the efficient movement to and from the US of goods on which Canadian prosperity depends, and at the same time maintain careful watch on what and who crosses the border? What does the new US emphasis on security mean for border management, including refugee policy, and long-term Canadian-American military co-operation? These are among the many issues examined in Canada Among Nations 2002.

Canada among Nations 2002: A Fading Power (Volume 18) (Canada Among Nations Series)

Business & Money

Molot, Maureen Appel

Hilmer, Norman

Economics

McGill-Queen's University Press

The Bank of Montreal is not only Canada's first bank: it has also occupied a prominent place in the pantheon of Canadian nation building. Whom Fortune Favours examines the trajectory of this extraordinary organization across the span of two centuries. The historian Laurence Mussio applies an analytical lens to a financial institution whose strategies fundamentally shaped, and were shaped by, the evolution of a country and a continent. The Bank of Montreal (BMO) represents an extremely rare institution, one that has both endured and adapted to fundamental change. The depth and breadth of the Bank's history offer a unique opportunity to analyze a singular organization over ten generations. As an institution, BMO played a critical part in the destiny of its home city and in the emergence of Canada on an international scene. Crucial to the development of Canadian and North American financial systems, BMO shaped the political economy of banking. Over the last half century, the institution's response to successive economic, technological, demographic, and regulatory shifts illustrates how Canadian and North American finance has adapted to the challenges before it. At its heart, Whom Fortune Favours presents a multifaceted story about the making of contemporary finance. This epic chronicle is the result of a massive research effort incorporating thousands of never-before-released internal documents. Mussio's accessible narrative will appeal to both scholars and executives who seek to understand the origins, development, and present-day implications of one of North America's great institutions.

Whom Fortune Favours: The Bank of Montreal and the Rise of North American Finance

Mussio, Laurence B.

La Banque de Montréal (BMO), première banque du Canada et l'une des plus anciennes d'Amérique du Nord, figure au panthéon des bâtisseurs de la nation. À qui la fortune sourit retrace deux siècles de cette organisation extraordinaire. L'historien Laurence B. Mussio analyse une institution dont les stratégies auront fondamentalement façonné l'évolution du pays et du continent, et vice-versa. BMO est une institution d'une extrême rareté, par sa capacité à toujours s'adapter aux changements, même les plus radicaux. Cette histoire très fouillée propose un examen sans précédent, sur dix générations, d'une organisation exceptionnelle, qui a joué un rôle prépondérant dans la destinée de sa ville natale. Protagoniste de l'entrée en scène du Canada dans les affaires internationales et pilier de l'élaboration des systèmes financiers canadien et nord-américain, BMO a modelé l'économie politique du secteur bancaire. Sa réaction aux changements économiques, technologiques, démographiques et réglementaires atteste l'adaptabilité de la finance canadienne et nord-américaine à la conjoncture. Cet ouvrage en deux volumes, véritable tour de force, se termine par une réflexion sur la façon dont la direction actuelle peut profiter de l'éclairage du passé afin de régénérer et de renouveler l'une des institutions financières fondatrices du Canada. À qui la fortune sourit est une histoire à multiples facettes de la naissance de la finance contemporaine. Cette chronique épique en deux volumes est le fruit de vastes recherches, y compris dans des milliers de documents internes inédits. L'exposé accessible de Mussio plaira aux spécialistes comme aux cadres qui souhaitent comprendre l'origine, le développement et la place actuelle de l'une des grandes institutions d'Amérique du Nord.

À qui la fortune sourit: La banque de Montréal et l'essor financier de L'Amérique du Nord (French Edition)

Mussio, Lawrence B.

Agriculture on Plains Indian reserves is generally thought to have failed because the Indigenous people lacked either an interest in farming or an aptitude for it. In Lost Harvests Sarah Carter reveals that reserve residents were anxious to farm and expended considerable effort on cultivation; government policies, more than anything else, acted to undermine their success. Despite repeated requests for assistance from Plains Indians, the Canadian government provided very little help between 1874 and 1885, and what little they did give proved useless. Although drought, frost, and other natural phenomena contributed to the failure of early efforts, reserve farmers were determined to create an economy based on agriculture and to become independent of government regulations and the need for assistance. Officials in Ottawa, however, attributed setbacks not to economic or climatic conditions but to the Indians' character and traditions which, they claimed, made the Indians unsuited to agriculture. In the decade following 1885 government policies made farming virtually impossible for the Plains Indians. They were expected to subsist on one or two acres and were denied access to any improvements in technology: farmers had to sow seed by hand, harvest with scythes, and thresh with flails. After the turn of the century, the government encouraged land surrenders in order to make good agricultural land available to non-Indian settlers. This destroyed any chance the Plains Indians had of making agriculture a stable economic base. Through an examination of the relevant published literature and of archival sources in Ottawa, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Carter provides an in-depth study of government policy, Indian responses, and the socio-economic condition of the reserve communities on the prairies in the post-treaty era. The new introduction by the author offers a reflection on Lost Harvests, the influences that shaped it, and the issues and approaches that remain to be explored.

Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy, Second Edition (Volume 3) (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies)

Carter, Sarah

Industries

In August 2016 Colten Boushie, a twenty-two-year-old Cree man from Red Pheasant First Nation, was fatally shot on a Saskatchewan farm by white farmer Gerald Stanley. In a trial that bitterly divided Canadians, Stanley was acquitted of both murder and manslaughter by a jury in Battleford with no visible Indigenous representation. In Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice Kent Roach critically reconstructs the Gerald Stanley/Colten Boushie case to examine how it may be a miscarriage of justice. Roach provides historical, legal, political, and sociological background to the case including misunderstandings over crime when Treaty 6 was negotiated, the 1885 hanging of eight Indigenous men at Fort Battleford, the role of the RCMP, prior litigation over Indigenous underrepresentation on juries, and the racially charged debate about defence of property, self-defence, guns, and rural crime. Drawing on both trial transcripts and research on miscarriages of justice, Roach looks at jury selection, the controversial "hang fire" defence, how the credibility and beliefs of Indigenous witnesses were challenged on the stand, and Gerald Stanley's implicit appeals to self-defence and defence of property, as well as the decision not to appeal the acquittal. Concluding his study, Roach asks whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial call to "do better" is possible, given similar cases since Stanley's, the difficulty of reforming the jury or the RCMP, and the combination of Indigenous underrepresentation on juries and overrepresentation among those victimized and accused of crimes. Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice is a searing account of one case that provides valuable insight into criminal justice, racism, and the treatment of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case

Politics & Social Sciences

Roach, Kent

Social Sciences

Conceived in an era of rapid post-Cold War economic liberalization, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed in 1994, brought together Canada, Mexico, and the United States with the aim of creating a regional trade bloc that eliminated the friction and costs of trade between the three nations. Without an overarching institutional framework, NAFTA never sought to attain the levels of integration achieved by the European Union - for many it was a missed opportunity - and never quite fulfilled its potential as a single market. And under Donald Trump's administration a trilateral trade agreement has become increasingly precarious. Freeing Trade in North America explains the theory behind the politics and economics of trade in North America, offering an accessible and concise analysis of the key provisions, shortcomings, and past revision efforts of the governments involved. At a time of increasing protectionism and heightened awareness of trading relationships, the book highlights the lessons to be learned from the fraught history of one of the largest trade blocs in the world.

Freeing Trade in North America

Anderson, Greg

Politics & Government

For 150 years, Canada's constitutional order has been both flexible and durable, ensuring peace, order, and good government while protecting the absolute rights at the core of the rule of law. In this era of transnational terrorism and proliferating emergency powers, it is essential to revisit how and why our constitutional order developed particular limits on the government's powers, which remain in force despite war, rebellion, and insurrection. Seven Absolute Rights surveys the historical foundations of Canada's rule of law and the ways they reinforce the Constitution. Ryan Alford provides a gripping narrative of constitutional history, beginning with the medieval and early modern context of Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the constitutional settlement of the Glorious Revolution. His reconstruction ends with a detailed examination of two pre-Confederation crises: the rebellions of 1837-38 and the riots of 1849, which, as he demonstrates, provide the missing constitutionalist context to the framing of the British North America Act. Through this accessible exploration of key events and legal precedents, Alford offers a distinct perspective on the substantive principles of the rule of law embedded in Canada's Constitution. In bringing constitutional history to life, Seven Absolute Rights reveals the history and meaning of these long-forgotten protections and shows why they remain fundamental to our freedom in the twenty-first century.

Seven Absolute Rights: Recovering the Historical Foundations of Canada's Rule of Law

Alford, Ryan

Constitutional Law

The majority of policymakers, academics, and members of the general public expected British citizens to vote to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum. This perception was based on the well-established idea that voters don't like change or uncertainty. So why did the British public vote to take such a major economic risk? Framing Risky Choices addresses this question by placing the Brexit vote in the bigger picture of EU and Scottish independence referendums. Drawing from extensive interviews and survey data, it asserts that the framing effect – mobilizing voters by encouraging them to think along particular lines – matters, but not every argument is equally effective. Simple, evocative, and emotionally compelling frames that offer negativity are especially effective in changing people's minds. In the Brexit case, the Leave side neutralized the economic risks of Brexit and proposed other risks relating to remaining in the EU, such as losing control of immigration policy and a lack of funding for the National Health Service. These concrete, impassioned arguments struck an immediate and familiar chord with voters. Most intriguingly, the Remain side was silent on these issues, without an emotional case to present. Framing Risky Choices presents a multi-method, comparative, state-of-the-art analysis of how the Brexit campaign contributed to the outcome. Uncovering the core mechanism behind post-truth politics, it shows that the strength of an argument is not its empirical validity but its public appeal.

Framing Risky Choices: Brexit and the Dynamics of High-Stakes Referendums

Bélanger, Éric

Nadeau, Richard

Atikcan, Ece Özlem

Secret History: Writing the Rise of Britain's Intelligence Services

<div>As John le Carré's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations. Secret History demonstrates that a critical scrutiny of internal "after action" assessments of intelligence prepared by British officials provides an invaluable and original perspective on the emergence of British intelligence culture over a period stretching from the First World War to the early Cold War. The historical record reflects personal value judgments about what qualified as effective techniques and organization, and even who could rightfully be called an intelligence officer. The history of intelligence thus became a powerful form of self-reinforcing cultural capital. Shining an intense light on the history of Britain's intelligence organizations, Secret History excavates how contemporary myths, misperceptions, and misunderstandings were captured and how they affected the development of British intelligence and the state.</div>

History

BALL, Simon

Europe

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Canada among Nations 2002: A Fading Power (Volume 18) (Canada Among Nations Series)

Whom Fortune Favours: The Bank of Montreal and the Rise of North American Finance

À qui la fortune sourit: La banque de Montréal et l'essor financier de L'Amérique du Nord (French Edition)

Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy, Second Edition (Volume 3) (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies)

Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case

Freeing Trade in North America

Seven Absolute Rights: Recovering the Historical Foundations of Canada's Rule of Law

Framing Risky Choices: Brexit and the Dynamics of High-Stakes Referendums

Framing Risky Choices: Brexit and the Dynamics of High-Stakes Referendums

Secret History: Writing the Rise of Britain's Intelligence Services