Canada in the Balance

This is a book about the ideas and policies that will dominate Canada’s future.

In a world that is getting smaller and more competitive, Canada needs a new set of public policies that will put learning, education, and investment in new technologies at the centre. The vulnerability of the planet itself to pollution and global warming, continuing violence, ethnic conflict, and threats to world peace also put Canada’s place in the world at the centre of a new agenda.

Bob Rae’s book is a candid assessment of where we are and where we need to be.

It draws on his deep experience in Canadian public policy at home and abroad, and points to how Canada, and Canadians, can make a difference. From health care to taxes, from poverty to wealth creation, this is a creative and provocative blueprint for change.

Bob Rae was born in Ottawa in 1948. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and of Oxford, has worked in housing and legal aid in London, England, and also for the United Steelworkers. Bob Rae was Premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. He is now a partner at the Canadian international law firm of Goodman Phillips and Vineberg. His memoir, From Protest to Power: Personal Reflections on a Life in Politics, was a national bestseller.