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Business & Economics Economic Conditions

Capitalism and the National Question in Canada

edited by Gary Teeple

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1972
Category
Economic Conditions, General, Social Classes, Economic Conditions
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487583897
    Publish Date
    Dec 1972
    List Price
    $41.95

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Capitalism is the accepted, and so intellectually an almost invisible, way of life in Canada. Very little has been thought or published about Canada that uses a Marxist critique of capitalism and its dynamics, and this book aims to advance such thinking by analysing the reasons for the openness of the dominion to capitalist domination, first by Europeans and then by Americans, to labour domination from the United States, and to a sell-out policy in regard to its land and farms. The dependency of the Canadian ruling class on foreign capitalists is an important factor in Canada’s continued colonial-mindedness, and the rise of nationalism in Quebec is based on the inevitabilities of the class antagonisms set up by capitalism. The authors believe that it is only through such Marxist theory and practice that a way can be found for Canada to escape at last from imperialist exploitation and that a way can be found to shape a socialist future for the whole country.

About the author

Gary Teeple is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.

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