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Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future

A Senate Initiative for Canada

edited by Serge Joyal & Judith Seidman

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2019
Category
Canadian
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773555396
    Publish Date
    Mar 2019
    List Price
    $45.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773556119
    Publish Date
    Mar 2019
    List Price
    $39.95

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Since 1967, the centennial of Confederation, numerous political crises, economic challenges, and international events have helped to transform Canadian society, and will continue to shape its future. Taking these various challenges and opportunities of the past into account, how does the future look for Canada?

In Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future diplomats, politicians, scientists, and human rights leaders including Phil Fontaine, Michaëlle Jean, Ellen Gabriel, Paul Heinbecker, Bob Rae, Jean Charest, and David Suzuki have come together to share their wisdom and experience of events that have marked the country over the last fifty years. Reflecting on the role of the Senate in Canada as complementary to the House of Commons, they consider central issues such as the condition of indigenous peoples, the obligations of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the recognition of two official languages, and the national unity referendums. Contributors also discuss the transformation of the economy in a globalized and digital world, the role of Canada on the world stage at a time of growing tension and an increasing flow of refugees, climate change and the uncertain future of the Arctic, scientific and cultural competitions on the international market, and the future of parliamentary democracy.

Correcting misconceptions about the contemporary role of the Senate, and providing a counterargument for radical Senate reform, Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future offers rich perspectives and fascinating insights about Canada's likely development in the coming years.

About the authors

The Honourable Serge Joyal is a lawyer, constitutionalist, and former minister and MP who was appointed to the Senate in 1997.

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L’honorable Judith Seidman est épidémiologiste, chercheuse en santé et conseillère en services sociaux. Elle a été nommée au Sénat en 2009.

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