Impossible Nation: The Longing for Homeland in Canada and Quebec

Ray Conlogue’s four-year tenure as The Globe and Mail’s Montreal arts correspondent has been notable for two qualities in his work. The first, unsurprising for those familiar with his earlier position as the newspaper’s theatre ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Fight for Canada

By Diane Francis

The Fight ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: History

Double Vision: The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power

By Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith

This is the book for policy wonks. The Globe and Mail’s Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith of Maclean’s have combined their leaks into a long, intensely detailed analysis of the Chrétien government’s time in power. ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Cue the Elephant!: Backstage at the CBC

By Knowlton Nash

These two books – both written by dedicated insiders – present two opposite versions of the ever-beleaguered and long-suffering Canadian Broadcasting Company.From Knowlton Nash comes the “warm-fuzzies” book, a compendium of wonderful anecdotes about memorable ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Dream Betrayed: The Battle for the CBC

By Anthony Manera

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Romance of Canada

By Laurier LaPierre

Laurier LaPierre starts this book from a laudable premise: that Laurier was a great Canadian, and that his fight for Canada has meaning for our own time. The book reflects the strengths and excesses of ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: History

Morgentaler: A Biography of Henry Morgentaler

By Catherine Dunphy

Activists on both sides of the abortion debate – with their bombastic rhetoric and protest rally kitsch (coathangers on one side, teeny fetus feet buttons on the other) – are masters of agit prop theatrics. ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Government Online in Canada

By Pierre Bourque, forewords by Jean Chrétien and Frank McKenna, afterword by Mike Duffy

Pierre Bourque, an Ottawa journalist and member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, promises an “official and unofficial” look at web sites that will offer us access to our history, legal system, information on First Nations, ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Wordperfect 7 for Windows 95 and Windows NT Essentials

By Laura Acklen

Once upon a time there was a software package that was so powerful and so ubiquitous, it was almost impossible to compete with it. It was called WordPerfect, and by the time version 5.1 was ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment