Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blake - a substantial political history from a history prof.
The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau by Stephen Maher -- political biography by a journalist.
Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada by Jane Philpott -- a substantial policy agenda by a doctor and former health minister.
The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century by Alasdair Roberts -- unknown to me, who wonders: "Is it in such doubt?"
The Knowing by Tanya Talaga -- reminding that indigenous survival is political too.
Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond Blake sounds like a suitable book for members of the British Commonwealth to be reading now. As an Australian, I always assumed that Canada shaped its national identity as a British-linked country with just a neighbourly relationship to the USA.
But what will happen to national identity if Canada is absorbed into the USA as the 52nd state (after Greenland).
No worries, Helen. We don't even visit that country anymore, let alone consider joining it. But few Canadians are likely to consider us a "British-linked" country any more. It's very different here, definitely a North American nation, except for that awkwardness with the head of state we have yet to clean up. (Like you!)
