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In this provocative book, McQuaig challenges the dogma of privatization that has defined Canada's political age. She argues that, particularly now as the world grapples with climate change and income inequality, the public sphere must expand, not shrink.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter One..... Justin Trudeau Meets the Smartest Guy on Wall Street
Chapter Two..... The Worst Deal of the Century
Chapter Three.....The Thrill of Hearing Organ Music on a Train Crossing the Prairies
Chapter Four....Niagara Falls, Berlin Rises
Chapter Five..... From Horse Barn to World Stage: The Connaught Story
Chapter Six..... Driving Out the Loan Sharks: The Case for Public Banking
Chapter Seven..... Oil and the Search for Our Inner Viking
Chapter Eight..... The Triumph of the Commons
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
About the author
Linda McQuaig is the recipient of a National Newspaper Award for investigative reporting. She is also the author of eight national bestsellers, including
Shooting the Hippo, selected by the
Literary Review of Canada as one of the twenty-five most influential books of the past twenty-five years.
Summary
After more than a century as nation builders, Canadians have spent recent decades downsizing or selling off our ambitious public enterprises and programs to private investors, diminishing our ownership and control of key aspects of our economy, our country, and our lives.
