Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canadas Founding Values

Brian Lee Crowley

ISBN 10: 1554701880 / ISBN 13: 9781554701889

Published by Key Porter, 2009

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A tight brand new First Edition with a bump on the top right corner." Two forces have shaped Canada profoundly in the last 50 years: the entry of Boomers into the workforce and the rise of a separatist Quebec nationalism. Large-scale unemployment plus the threat of the breakup of the country caused Canada to jettison its traditional values - a ferocious work ethic, a commitment to the family as the most important social institution, a suspicion of overweening government, and an aversion to dependence - in favor of a vast expansion of the welfare state. We rapidly became a nation of "takers" rather than the "makers" we had always been. But the tide is about to turn with a vengeance: the Boomers are retiring and Quebec nationalism is increasingly a spent force, presaging a resurgence of our founders' values that had served us so well. Thought-provoking and meticulously documented, Fearful Symmetry will change the way you think about Canada.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canadas Founding Values
• Publisher: Key Porter
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554701880
• ISBN 13: 9781554701889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the 1960s, Canada began a seismic shift away from the core policies and values upon which the country had been built. A nation of ?makers? transformed itself into a nation of ?takers.? Crowley argues that the time has come for the pendulum to swing back?back to a time when Canadians were less willing to rely on the state for support; when people went where the work was rather than waiting for the work to come to them.

Thought-provoking, meticulously detailed and ultimately polarizing, Fearful Symmetry is required reading for anyone who is interested in where this country began, where it?s been, and where it?s going.

About the Author

BRIAN LEE CROWLEY is the author of the bestseller Fearful Symmetry. The Globe and Mail publisher William Thorsell called him "the best writer on public policy in Canada today." He lives in Nova Scotia.