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In this collection, L. Ian MacDonald looks at Canadian and American politics and the principal players and events over the last decade. Along the way, MacDonald’s clear and lively prose covers topics from politics to cottages, while profiling people as diverse as Jean Béliveau and Bernard Derome.

"One of the best political reads of 2009." -- CBC.

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Policy Options, July-August 2010

In this special summer double issue, our cover package is on immigration in Canada. In an exclusive poll, Nik Nanos finds that Canadians strongly support immigration but want current levels maintained, Jeffrey Reitz assesses the recent reforms made to Canada's immigration policy, Ratna Omidvar finds that our immigration policy works well in the medium and long terms but less well in the short term, Don Drummond and Francis Fong look at immigration from an economics perspective, Lesleyanne Hawthorne examines two-step migration in Australia, Leslie Seidle analyzes intergovernmental immigration agreements, Arthur Sweetman and Casey Warman look critically at the new Canada Experience Class immigration category, Jenna Hennebry tries to unravel the "jurisdictional fútball" of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and Glen Hodgson recommends ways Canadian immigration policy can relieve a tight labour market. In the Plus section, Kristin Bartenstein asks whether Canada has to "Use it or lose it" in the North, we have four book reviews, and much more.

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Media

Discussion of the week's political developments in Ottawa (with Joël-Denis Bellavance)
(CPAC Prime Time Politics with Peter Van Dusen, June 16, 2010; at 23:55 in program broadcast)

Discussion of potential Liberal-NDP merger (with Don Martin)
(CPAC Prime Time Politics with Peter Van Dusen, June 2, 2010; at 17:10 in program broadcast)

Discussion of corruption allegations against Quebec premier Jean Charest (with Joël-Denis Bellavance)
(CPAC Prime Time Politics with Peter Van Dusen, April 14, 2010; third segment in program broadcast)

Launch of Politics, People & Potpourri
(Global Television, November 21, 2009)

Discussion of polls, torture and the fall of the ADQ (with Jean Lapierre)
(CTV Montreal, November 20, 2009)

Launch of Politics, People & Potpourri
(CBC Home Run, November 16, 2009)

Discussion of H1N1 flu vaccine and municipal politics (with Jean Lapierre)
(CTV Montreal, November 6, 2009)

Discussion of Marc Garneau's appointment as new Liberal point man in Quebec (with Joël-Denis Bellavance)
(CPAC Prime Time Politics with Peter Van Dusen, October 7, 2009; at 14:55 in program broadcast)

Discussion of poll on public mood on election and minority governments
(CPAC Prime Time Politics with Peter Van Dusen, September 30, 2009; at 9:15 in program broadcast)

Discussion of conflict in the Quebec wing of the federal Liberal Party (with Jean Lapierre)
(CTV Montreal, September 25, 2009)

Discussion of federal politics and the state of Parliament
(CPAC Prime Time Politics with Peter Van Dusen, September 15, 2009; at 13:00 in program broadcast)

Policy Options working lunch on Employment Insurance
(CPAC, September 14, 2009)

Discussion of Jean Charest's poll numbers
(CTV Montreal, August 27, 2009)