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Chapters: Canadian Female Murderers, Executed Canadian Women, Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada, Women's Organizations in Canada, Women's Sports in Canada, Karla Homolka, Canada Women's National Soccer Team, Angelina Napolitano, Canada Women's National Volleyball Team, Canada Women's National Water Polo Team, Margaret Trudeau, Laureen Harper, National Council of Women of Canada, Little Travellers, P.e.o. Sisterhood, Canada Women's National Field Hockey Team, Canadian Women's Press Club, Maureen Mcteer, Raging Grannies, Mila Mulroney, Pillow Fight League, Native Women's Association of Canada, Miss Earth Canada, Eleanor Power, Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, Wtsn, Aline Chrétien, Annie Thompson, Florence Lassandro, Edna Diefenbaker, Geills Turner, Phoebe Campbell, Pauktuutit, Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe, Jane Hurshman, Maryon Pearson, Eva Coo, Women's Memorial March, Royal Commission on the Status of Women, Sheila Martin, Real Women of Canada, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, Grace Marks, Disabled Women's Network Canada, Canadian Federation of University Women, Equal Voice, Isabel Meighen, Olive Diefenbaker, Canada National Women's Cricket Team, Bronze Baby, University Women's Club of Toronto, Molinex Trophy, Zoé Laurier, Laura Borden, Isabella Clark, Canadian Football League Cheerleading, Frances Tupper, Jane Mackenzie, Canadian Women's Suffrage Association, Jeanne St. Laurent, Mississauga Trilliums, Elva Bottineau, Marguerite Pitre. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 202. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Karla Leanne Homolka, also known as Karla Leanne Teale (born 4 May, 1970 in Port Credit, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian convict who attracted worldwide media attention when she was convicted o...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=750710 ... Read more

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Chapters: Canadian Child Actors, Canadian Child Singers, Children of the Prime Ministers of Canada, Murdered Canadian Children, Hayden Christensen, Alanis Morissette, Michael J. Fox, Mike Myers, Gene Eugene, Joshua Jackson, Kristin Kreuk, Devon Sawa, Avril Lavigne, Elisha Cuthbert, Ellen Page, Justin Bieber, Corey Haim, Alexz Johnson, Drake, Murder of Reena Virk, Cree Summer, Sarah Polley, Ryan Reynolds, Michael Cera, Alexander Ludwig, Ryan Gosling, Melissa O'neil, Justin Trudeau, Adam Gregory, Leslie Mahaffy, Gregory Smith, Kevin Zegers, Boxing Day Shooting, Carmen Rasmusen, Skye Sweetnam, Ann Rutherford, Aqsa Parvez, Hugh John Macdonald, Jodelle Ferland, Tyler Kyte, Karyn Dwyer, Aaryn Doyle, Shawn Ashmore, Johnny Washbrook, Katharine Isabelle, Mark Hildreth, Aaron Ashmore, Reece Thompson, Zack Ward, Murder of Victoria Stafford, Laura Vandervoort, Jewel Staite, Lauren Collins, Kalan Porter, Johnathon Robert Madden, Christine Mcglade, Jake Epstein, Fiona Macgillivray, Madeleine de Verchères, Jaydee Bixby, Michael Seater, Marc Worden, Cameron Bright, Zachary Bennett, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Tegan Moss, Alison Pill, Anais Granofsky, Ashley Leggat, Lili Haydn, Craig Sharpe, Ricky Mabe, David Alvarez, Calum Worthy, Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Aselin Debison, Mark Rendall, Devon Bostick, Emily Perkins, Cassie Steele, Caitlynne Medrek, Jessica Lowndes, Daniel Samonas, List of Former Child Actors From Canada, Alyson Court, Michael Cuccione, Alexandre Trudeau, Shenae Grimes, Stacey Farber, Sophie Bennett, Bre Blair, Karine Vanasse, Chelan Simmons, Rachel Blanchard, Magda Apanowicz, Caterina Scorsone, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Ben Mulroney, Scott Bairstow, Charles Hibbert Tupper, Trevor Blumas, Genevieve Buechner, Jesse Moss, Emily Hirst, Kirsten Prout, Katie Stuart, Emanuel Jaques, Colleen Rennison, Erik Knudsen, Tammy Homolka, Charlotte Sullivan, Andrea Lewis, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, List of Current Child Actors From Canada, Keenan Macwilliam, Bill Swi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=60328 ... Read more

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Chapters: Canadian Viceregal Consorts, Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada, John Ralston Saul, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Viceregal Consort of Canada, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Margaret Trudeau, Laureen Harper, Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, Jean-Daniel Lafond, Maureen Mcteer, Mila Mulroney, Aline Chrétien, Annie Thompson, Edna Diefenbaker, Geills Turner, Maurice Sauvé, Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe, Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, Maryon Pearson, Sheila Martin, Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, Gabrielle Léger, Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir, Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy, Pauline Vanier, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Diana Fowler Leblanc, Gerda Hnatyshyn, Isabel Meighen, Norah Michener, Olive Diefenbaker, Lilias Massey, Lily Schreyer, Zoé Laurier, Laura Borden, Isabella Clark, Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis, Frances Tupper, Jane Mackenzie, Jeanne St. Laurent. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 140. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Princess Louise (born Louise Caroline Alberta, also known as Marchioness of Lorne and Duchess of Argyll by marriage; 18 March 1848 3 December 1939) was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Louise's early life was spent moving between the various royal residences in the company of her family. When her father, the Prince Consort, died on 14 December 1861, the court went into a period of intense mourning, to which Louise was unsympathetic. Louise was a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=294177 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Ploughshares Monitor, published by Project Ploughshares on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1142 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Canadian church leaders urge Prime Minister to reject BMD.
Publication: Ploughshares Monitor (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2004
Publisher: Project Ploughshares
Volume: 25Issue: 3Page: 16(2)

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on March 22, 2009. The length of the article is 1958 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Reflecting on Canada's role in the world: a foreign policy review of rival prime ministerial memoirs.('Memoirs: 1939-1993' and 'My Years as Prime Minister')(Book review)
Author: Wm. P.R. "Rob" Norris
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2009
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: 44Issue: 1Page: 95(5)

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This digital document is an article from American Review of Canadian Studies, published by Association for Canadian Studies in the United States on March 22, 1996. The length of the article is 7291 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: From TCA to Air Canada: the political patterns of a future Prime Minister.
Author: Kevin J. Christiano
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1996
Publisher: Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Volume: 26Issue: 1Page: 49-66

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Leadership to save Canada describes Canadian government leadership failure as well as the challenges Canada faces and prescribes government re-organization to achieve competent and responsive twenty-first century leadership. ... Read more

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Pierre Trudeau was unlike any prime minister Canada had ever known or will ever see again. His unique style, charisma, bravado, and sharp wit galvanized a nation, creating the "Trudeaumania" that swept him into office. He was a man that Canadians either loved or hated. ... Read more

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This is a great book!
I really loved this book and found it to be candid, well-researched and informative.I had just finished watching a video called, "Trudeau: The Man, The Myth, the Movie," which I liked until I realized how many errors it contained.That video declared that James Cross died in the FLQ crisis!A quick Google search for Cross shows that the man is still alive.Fortunately, Sauerwein got his facts straight.

Although I was born in Canada, I grew up in New Jersey and spent 30 years there.I have since moved back to Ontario, so I'm a bit of a hybrid in that I'm part Canadian and part American.But I'm enough of an American that I didn't follow all of the FLQ details that closely at the time, so I found both the book and the video to be quite suspenseful because I couldn't remember how the story ended!

Trudeau was brilliant, charismatic, controversial and stubborn.He was courageous and had his own unique and epic vision for Canada.He also came to power during a period when the country faced one crisis after another in terms of Québec, OPEC, and economics.Trudeau had some very tough decisions to make -- I would never have wanted to trade places with him in the FLQ hostage situation.Makes me think of Jimmy Carter's unpopularity that resulted directly from his passive approach to the Iranian hostage taking.Carter adopted that style because he wanted to save the hostages but it cost him the election, and as a result the United States swerved to the right with Reagonomics.

At any rate, I would highly recommend this very well-written book.There were many occasions where the author could have chosen to sensationalize certain details about Pierre or Margaret Trudeau but he tastefully refused to do that.Kudos!

My only complaint would be that a number of times, the word focused was spelled as "focussed."A French editor, perhaps :-)

Pierre Trudeau Rules!!
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The many books written about Mackenzie King concentrated on him mainly as a politician. No wonder the question 'But what about King, the man?' was posed. Here, in Friends and Lovers, is a close look at that man in his intimate personal relationships, male and female. ... Read more

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“I know you’re very busy, Mr. Harper. We’re all busy. But every person has a space next to where they sleep, whether a patch of pavement or a fine bedside table. In that space, at night, a book can glow. And in those moments of docile wakefulness, when we begin to let go of the day, then is the perfect time to pick up a book and be someone else, somewhere else, for a few minutes, a few pages, before we fall asleep.”

From the author of Life of Pi comes a literary correspondence — recommendations to Canada’s Prime Minister of great short books that will inspire and delight book lovers and book club readers across our nation.

Every two weeks since April 16th, 2007, Yann Martel has mailed Stephen Harper a book along with a letter. These insightful, provocative letters detailing what he hopes the Prime Minister may take from the books — by such writers as Jane Austen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Stephen Galloway — are collected here together. The one-sided correspondence (Mr. Harper’s office has only replied once) becomes a meditation on reading and writing and the necessity to allow ourselves to expand stillness in our lives, even if we’re not head of government. ... Read more

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Yann Martel's brilliance shines yet again
A jewel, a gem. Singularly captivating, the letters to the prime minister make the reader smile, pause and reflect. If Harper, or indeed anyone, takes any of Martel's suggestions to heart, he is the better for it.

Best Reason Yet to Get an Account at Amazon.ca
If you haven't done so already, here is the best reason yet to click on the link at the bottom of this page and get yourself an account at Amazon.ca, Amazon's slightly chillier version of everyone's favorite website.

Several year's ago Canada's then new Conservative Prime Minister bragged that he really wasn't much of a reader of literature.Quite a few northern book lovers bemoaned the fact but one of them, Yann Martel, Booker-winning author of Life of Pi decided to do something about it.Starting in April of 2007 he has sent a different book every two weeks to Mr. Harper with a cover letter explaining why he should read it.The letters have appeared (in English and en francais naturally) on his website.This volume collects and reprints the first 50 or so letters of the 70 delivered as I write this in Dec '09.

The collection is eclectic and covers of broad base of writers of all nationalities and styles, from Marcus Aurelius to the present.There are some kid's books and some (very) adult books.All are of uniformly high quality.For American book lovers it is interesting in that it gives us a peek into what is popular in a different but similar country.Many books (e.g To Kill a Mockingbird (#13)) are classics on both sides of the border but others such as the excellent The Tin Flute (#60) by Quebec writer Gabrielle Roy are so little known south of the border that you will have to order it from Amazon.ca.

Whatever you feel about the current resident of 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa -- and given that I'm writing to an audience of fellow Americans I can probably assume you feel nothing one way or the other -- it's worth your while to peruse this one man's thoughtfully considered essays on what's worth reading. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Canada and the World Backgrounder, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2536 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Marching together: after many years of keeping a distance between Canadian and U.S. defence relations, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is moving towards closer cooperation.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Canada and the World Backgrounder (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 71Issue: 6Page: 23(4)

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John A. Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada.He was the dominant creative force behind the British North America Act, and brought British Columbia, Manitoba, the North-West Territory and Prince Edward Island into Confederation. His dream was the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway from coast-to-coast.

John A. Macdonald was a great leader and, like all leaders, his triumphs were sometimes overshadowed by troubles.The Pacific Scandal of 1873 rocked the very foundation ofhis government.The Saskatchewan rebellion of 1884 divided French and English Canadians.Yet Macdonald did not despair, for he believed "troubles come as naturally as sparks fly."

Macdonald's story is the story of Canada in the making- dramatic, tense, sometimes compromising, often humourous, and always entertaining.
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Fact filled biography
As Canada's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald - or as John A. as he's still affectionately referred to here in Canada - is a personage that readers worldwide will want a passing acquaintance with. Often referred to as the father of Canada for overseeing the uniting of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1867 to form the new nation, his accomplishments are many and varied. His influence on the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, his role in the Saskatchewan rebellion, and many other pivotal events in Canadian history mark John A. Macdonald by Peter Waite, a biography of note for both students in junior and senior high, as well as adults seeking a brief yet informative primer on Macdonald's life.

This accessible biography is one of the foundational titles in The Canadians, an ongoing series of educational biographies focusing on the lives of notable Canadians for students in the upper grades. Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, this 64 page title is filled with Waite's information -filled prose, and is packed with black and white archival photographs and political cartoons from Macdonald's time in office. Through the inclusion of photos depicting Macdonald's contemporaries, surroundings, and the man himself, a clearer feel for the times in which Macdonald lived is communicated to readers.

With only 64 pages to work with, and with the aim of providing a concise, accurate, and somewhat personal summary of Macdonald's life and work, Waite hits all of the high points. Though the text is densely written with dates, events, legislation, and the many politicians who worked with Macdonald to form the new country, Waite still manages to imbue the text with something of Macdonald's character. Widely remembered in Canada as something of a scalawag, Waite doesn't pull any punches when it comes to displaying Macdonald's character. He freely outlines the bribery, drinking, and racy stories without dwelling on them inappropriately, and sketches a portrait of the Prime Minister as a leader whose success seems largely attributable to his tenacity - he was certainly a determined man.

As a first time reader of any biography of Macdonald that seeks to span his entire life, I now feel familiar with the basics. Instead of smiling and nodding in conversations in which old John A. makes an appearance, I'll actually have some hope of contributing to the dialogue! What I found most enjoyable is Waite's ability to showcase Macdonald's involvement with his contemporaries and in the major historical events taking place around him. One excellent example is that of Louis Riel and the Sasketchewan Rebellion. For some reason Riel has remained almost a more memorable character than Macdonald in my mind, so when Waite drew the connections from Macdonald outwards it helped me make some missing connections.

With so much political maneuvering, events, and persons packed into a dense 64 pages, John A. Macdonald welcomes re-reading. Though a fast primer to read through rapidly, there is so much detail that digging in and researching further events of interest will yield much new knowledge. I highly recommend this installment in The Canadians series for school and public libraries alike, as well as any family who has yet to add a biography of Canada's first Prime Minister to their bookshelves.
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What place do first ministers, along with the cabinets they select, have in democratic life in Canada? Has cabinet really become just a focus group for the Prime Minister? Do political staff and central agency bureaucrats enhance or diminish democracy? Do private members have any say in the cabinet process?

In an accessible, thorough, and balanced fashion, this volume of the Canadian Democratic Audit examines the concentration of power in cabinet and the prime minister’s office. Taking the view that to explain our Westminster-style government as a benign dictatorship is anoversimplification, Cabinets and First Ministers provides an honest assessment of current conditions. With characteristic eloquence, White renders a clear account of the development, structure, and operation of cabinet, and the role of the first ministers at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels. He further discusses how the processes that support cabinet are affected by the considerable power of the first minister and looks at the ways in which they allow for the involvement of other elected members and the public.

Keeping in mind the core concerns of the Canadian Democratic Audit, White also examines first ministers and cabinets with an eye to accountability and transparency – concepts which are key in effective democracy, and which, in the wake of the so-called "sponsorship scandal," have been much in the public eye. His cogent analysis does much to explain this much-scrutinized aspect of our democracy, and points the way to realistic proposals for its improvement. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Canada and the World Backgrounder, published by Taylor Publishing Consultants Ltd. on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 3254 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Elected Dictatorships.(Canadian government)(includes related articles on prime minister and Bilderberg Council)
Publication: Canada and the World Backgrounder (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: Taylor Publishing Consultants Ltd.
Volume: 64Issue: 4Page: 14

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This book looks at Canada's first woman Prime Minister - what she believed, how she operated in the back rooms, and why the Progressive Conservative party chose her.

Murray Dobbin researched Kim Campbell's record as a municipal, provincial and federal politician, discovering how she handled a variety of controversial issues, from school funding cutbacks to the behind-the-scenes negotiations on gun control. He examined her performance in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, noting particularly the policies and decisions on which she succeeded in marking with her personal stamp.

The Politics of Kim Campbell is a critical look at the career of a remarkable Canadian public figure, and at the obstacles she encountered in her political ascent. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Junior Scholastic, published by Thomson Gale on October 29, 2007. The length of the article is 2236 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Who's who: among world leaders.(PROFILES)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Junior Scholastic (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 29, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 110Issue: 5-6Page: 5(4)

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