Memos to the Prime Minister : What Canada Could Be in the 21st Century

by Editor: Harvey Schachter ( ); Foreword by: Henry Mintzberg

• ISBN13: 9780470831953
• ISBN10: 0470831952
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Memos to the Prime Minister is for every Canadian concerned about this country's future. In the current political climate, there is an unprecedented level of frustration with our national government and its almost complete lack of opposition. Faced with mounting scandals, real economic and social issues, but little political choice, we all feel an acute sense of despair over the leadership and policies being offered by the nation's political parties. This book assembles a stellar group of contributors from across the country and wide-ranging fields- business, healthcare, think tanks, policy groups, education, the arts, and others- to paint a vision for Canada on a broad social canvas. Their memos offer new advice for the old guard. Whether impassioned pleas, practical advice, thoughtful reflections, or reasoned arguments, the memos focus on prescriptions for the country's leaders, not on rehashing the old, familiar problems. Memos to the Prime Minister is a provocative look at the present and future of Canada, and will contribute to the national debate on the political, economic, and social issues that matter most to Canadians.

Author Biography

About the Editor Harvey Schachter is an award-winning freelance writer who specializes in business, management, and public policy. A veteran journalist and former editor of The Kingston Whig-Standard, he has won two National Newspaper Awards and was a finalist for three others. After leaving The Whig-Standard, he held the prestigious Skelton-Clark Fellowship in the political science department of Queen's University for one year. He moderates the Inroads-1 discussion group on public policy. This group includes academics, journalists, and policy advisers. Mr. Schachter writes the "Managing Books" column in The Globe and Mail and contributes to many magazines, such as Canadian Business, Profit, and Advisor's Edge.

Table of Contents

Foreword: A Time For Canada? (H. Mintzberg).

Introduction: Policy and Politics in a Channel-Clicker Age (H. Schachter).

PART ONE: LEADING CANADA.

Leading, Not Following (H. Segal).

Healing Social, Political and Regional Divisions (M. Mendelsohn).

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