Bill Fox digs into how social media, online journalism have completely transformed the way we do politics
Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth is an extended meditation on what has become of political discourse in the 21st century, when the news media of old—beggared by changed circumstances—are denigrated as yesterday’s gatekeepers, while the one thing the shouting match of social media will not tolerate is a gatekeeper.
John Turner, up close and personal, including the F-bombs and the booze
In John Turner: An Intimate Biography, Steve Paikin shows Turner had a heart built for friendship, across party lines.
Elamin Abdelmahmoud makes amends and finds meaning in debut memoir
In Son of Elsewhere, Elamin Abdelmahmoud tracks his path as a teenager emigrating from Sudan to Kingston, Ont., and his evolving understanding of the identities he distanced himself from.
Savoie sets out to detail how government pesters itself
Donald Savoie, one of the country’s most respected scholars, argues with conviction and exasperation that ‘government’ doesn’t work anymore, and things are getting worse. He’s not alone. The guy on the barstool next to you will probably tell you the same thing. What does Savoie mean by government, and what does he argue has gone wrong?
Peggy Nash knows a thing or two about the highs and lows of elections, so she wrote a book about it
Five federal campaigns, a leadership race and extensive involvement with Equal Voice gives Peggy Nash a wealth of experience in campaigning. So she decided to write a book to help get more women elected. More specifically, to get more women progressives elected.
The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022
Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star, by John Honderich, Penguin Random House Canada, $35. 2. A Cooperative Disagreement: Canada-United States Relations and Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-93, by John M. Dirks, foreword by Robert Bothwell and John English, UBC Press, 352 pp., $98.95. 3. A Journey of Love and Hope: The Inspirational Words of […]
The Political Party in Canada fills a crucial gap for a comprehensive, updated study of Canadian political parties
The executive and legislative branches of government are the main ways to exert political influence, particularly in cabinet and the Prime Minister’s Office. But the route to exerting that influence runs through political parties and those connected to them.
Eisler offers sharp look into Saskatchewan politics in new book, From Left to Right
The howl of extremism intensifies, rattling windowpanes from the Privy Council Office to Bay Street, and the elites who occupy these high offices don’t know what to make of it, much less what to do about it. They are as surprised as anyone. As recently as the 2021 federal election—last summer—the political consensus was that […]
Valley of the Birdtail authors looking to shift attitudes, conversations, around Indigenous reconciliation
After working in the partisan trenches of Parliament Hill and Queen’s Park, the co-authors of an upcoming book exploring how neighbouring communities in Manitoba—a settler town and a First Nations reserve—founded two years apart became unequal are hoping to shift attitudes, and the conversation, around reconciliation from “outside of partisan politics,” and open eyes to […]
Prime ministers, unwittingly or not, have unleashed powerful forces when they told government managers to embrace private-sector management practices while leaving their accountability requirements intact
Presidents and prime ministers, in four countries with different political institutions, came to power with easy slogans: doing more with less; deliverology; joined-up government; empowering managers; drain the swamp; fix bureaucracy; and the list goes on. But once in office, their focus quickly shifted to more pressing issues and intense demands on their agenda. Presidents […]
