This is the story of Rene M. Caisse of Bracebridge, Canada and describes her extraordinary perseverance to obtain official recognition of her herbal cancer remedy she called Essiac, her name spelled backwards. Rene Caisse was thrust into a life-long medical-legal-political controversy that still persists since her death in 1978. Rene wrestled with the Hepburn government of Ontario over the operation of her Bracebridge cancer clinic during 1935 to 1941 and her use of Essiac. She refused to reveal her secret formula and legislation demanding the recipe forced the closing of her clinic. The...
This is the story of Rene M. Caisse of Bracebridge, Canada and describes her extraordinary perseverance to obtain official recognition of her herba...
Direct Democracy in Canada: The History and Future of Referendums surveys Canada s century-long record of plebiscites and referendums. J. Patrick Boyer analyzes the effects of the three national referendums and the development of a consensus. This companion volume to The People s Mandate studies some of the major provincial and municipal referendums, examines existing legal frameworks and speculates on the future of direct democracy in Canada.
"
Direct Democracy in Canada: The History and Future of Referendums surveys Canada s century-long record of plebiscites and referendums. J. Pa...
Unique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes.
During the First World War, foreign leaders began addressing Canadians in our House of Commons and, ever since, have continued influencing how we think about our role in global affairs. For a century now, this parade of world figures has brought urgent messages about Canada's importance in world wars, to the United Nations, Cold War security, decolonization and modernization, advancing human rights, environmental conservation, and...
Unique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes....
A young law clerk from England falls in love in 19th-century New York and reinvents himself in Canada.
Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many lives: a scapegoated law clerk in England; a soldier in the mad Crimean War; a lawyer on swirling Broadway Avenue in New York. His escape from each was wrapped in deep secrecy. He eventually reached Canada, in 1869, with a new wife and a changed name. In his new home -- the remote wilderness of Muskoka -- he crafted yet another persona for himself. In Another Country, Another Life, his great-grandson traces that long-hidden journey, exposing...
A young law clerk from England falls in love in 19th-century New York and reinvents himself in Canada.
An in-depth breakdown of the recent wave of Canadian Senate scandals, highlighting the need for abolition.
The Senate of Canada was created as a temporary expedient at the time of Confederation, offered as part of the negotiations to bring Canada s original colonial provinces into the new political union in the mid-1860s. Since then, the original provinces with upper houses abolished them. New provinces were created without second chambers to their legislatures. Only the Parliament of Canada remains stuck with its redundant and irrelevant colonial relic, costly to maintain and...
An in-depth breakdown of the recent wave of Canadian Senate scandals, highlighting the need for abolition.
The union of classical agnosticism and traditional Christianity has produced a more contemporary "middle of road Christianity." This book presents numerous facts about history and theology in an easy to understand manner. It also re-introduces us to the badly misunderstood theology of agnosticism and introduces us to Contemporary Agnosticism. Presented are Jesus' teachings after intense historical and scientific analysis. Contemporary agnostics consider Jesus a great visionary and wandering sage but no more the son of God than any of us. With that in mind, the reader is urged to...
The union of classical agnosticism and traditional Christianity has produced a more contemporary "middle of road Christianity." This book presents num...
If you are regular Starbucks lover, you will agree with me that those regular visits to your favorite Starbucks store can become rather expensive over time. With this book, that is now a thing of the past as you can now savor your favorite Starbucks beverages right from within the comfort of your own home. With the recipes featured in this book, you can save quite a considerable amount of money and still get the same satisfaction you get from your favorite Starbucks beverage. These recipes are short, sweet, simple and delicious. Some of the Starbucks recipes in this book include; Caramelized...
If you are regular Starbucks lover, you will agree with me that those regular visits to your favorite Starbucks store can become rather expensive over...
