Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada's Founding Values
- ISBN-10
- 1554701880
- ISBN-13
- 9781554701889
- Series
- Fearful Symmetry
- Pages
- 359
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Author
- Brian Lee Crowley
Description
"Two forces have shaped Canada profoundly in the last fifty years: the entry of Boomers into the workforce and the rise of a separatist Quebec nationalism. Large-scale unemployment plus the threat of the breakup of the country caused Canada to jettison its traditional values--a ferocious work ethic, a commitment to the family as the most important social institution, a suspicion of overweening government, and an aversion to dependence--in favour of a vast expansion of the welfare state. We rapidly became a nation of "takers" rather than the "makers" we had always been. But the tide is about to turn with a vengeance: the Boomers are retiring and Quebec nationalism is increasingly a spent force, presaging a resurgence of our founders' values that had served us so well"--From publisher's description.
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