Description
Book SynopsisAlthough a history of protest politics has done so much to define western Canada and to place it outside the Canadian mainstream, the aspirations and frustrations that animated western discontent over the years have been replaced by a new reality: the West is in, and many of the levers of national economic and political power rest in western Canadian hands. The protest tradition has yielded a dynamic region that leads rather than reacts to national economic, social, and political change.
The westward shift of the Canadian economy and demography is likely to be an enduring structural change that reflects and is reinforced by the transformation of the continental and global economies. At the same time, western Canada faces major challenges, including finding a place for a sustainable resource economy in a rapidly changing global environment, establishing a full and modern partnership with Aboriginal peoples, and creating urban environments that will attract and retain human capi
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Instead of dwelling on headline-grabbing topics, the authors take a look at the West as a region, through the lenses of history, political science, and economics. The idea is not to engage in scaremongering directed at the Rest of Canada, but to examine what defines the West as a region, what its advantages and challenges are, and how the region's relationships to Canada and the World are evolving. -- Martin Saidla, Northern Public Affairs
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The West Outside In 2. Demography and the Future of the West in Canada 3. The West and Canada's Shifting Economic Centre of Gravity 4. Considerations on the West as a Political Region 5. Western Canada and the World 6. From Periphery to Centre Bibliography Index
