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Table of contents :
Cover
MIGHT NATURE BE CANADIAN?
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART ONE | ON MUTUAL ACCOMMODATION
1 What Is Mutual Accommodation?
2 The Need for Strong Institutions, Leaders, and Policies
3 Vibrant Middle Classes and Five Essential Institutions: Rule of Law, Democratic Governance, Free Markets, Robust Media, Fearless Universities
PART TWO | CANADA’S MUTUAL ACCOMMODATION
4 Mutual Accommodation Is Part of Canada’s DNA
5 Governance and Political Issues for the Twenty-First Century
6 The Rule of Law Still Matters
7 A Fine Balance in Culture and Languages: Overcoming Islamophobia
8 Toronto: From Good to Great
9 A True Partnership with Our Indigenous Peoples: Truth and Reconciliation
10 How to Foster Enterprise and Innovation
11 Canada Needs a New Economic Narrative
12 Trade and Free Markets in a Global Economy
13 A Different Foreign Policy for a Different World
PART THREE | NAVIGATING THE WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL MOMENT
14 The World We Live in Now
15 US Protectionism and President Trump
16 Brexit: The UK Withdrawal from Europe
17 China’s Ambitions at Home and Abroad
18 A New Surge in Moral Authority
19 Why Mutual Accommodation Is Essential Today
PART FOUR | NEW THINKING FOR NEW WAYS IN A NEW WORLD
20 The Need for New Fundamental Ways of Thinking
21 New Ways of Thinking Are Essential in a New World
22 The Post–Thatcher/Reagan Economy, 2008–09
Epilogue: A Second Sir John A. Macdonald Moment
Canada After the October 2019 Federal Election
Paul Volcker on Canada’s Mutual Accommodation
APPENDICES
A Four Mutual Accommodation Overviews
B Inclusive Ways of Seeing and Living
C Capitalism at a Crossroads: Reform or Revolution
Index

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