Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark
Author | : Mary Janigan |
Publisher | : Knopf Canada |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2012-11-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307400642 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307400646 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The oil sands. Global warming. The National Energy Program. Though these seem like modern Canadian subjects, author Mary Janigan reveals them to be a legacy of longstanding regional rivalry. Something of a "Third Solitude" since entering Confederation, the West has long been overshadowed by Canada's other great national debate: but as the conflict over natural resources and their effect on climate change heats up, 150 years of antipathy are coming to a head. Janigan takes readers back to a pivotal moment in 1918, when Canada's western premiers descended on Ottawa determined to control their own future--and as Margaret MacMillan did in Paris 1919, she deftly illustrates how the results reverberate to this day.