The Sport and Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada's Public Wealth

by Linda McQuaig

Book Overview

Why are we selling off the impressive public enterprises we often battled as a nation to create?

In the early 1900s, thousands of Canadians battled wealthy interests, winning control of Niagara Falls and creating a public power company. Another popular movement succeeded in creating Canada's public broadcasting system to counter American dominance of the airwaves. And a Canadian doctor established a publicly owned laboratory that saved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459743660
• ISBN13: 9781459743663
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"