HOW WE ALMOST GAVE THE TORIES THE BOOT

James Lorimer and Company, Toronto, 2010, 1st thus.  ISBN 1-55277-502-X / 978-1-55277-502-8.  Trade soft cover, 192 pages including Index.  Unread copy with a touch of soil on bottom edge; tight binding; interior clean and unmarked.  ‘In November 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative government returned to Parliament and made the first major moves of its new term.  The world’s financial services industry was melting down.  Canada’s economy was sliding into a deep recession.  But instead of addressing these issues in the November economic statement, the Conservatives focused on three issues closer to their hearts:  bankrupting the three Opposition parties in Parliament; gutting the federal pay equity; and stripping federal public services of their right to bargain collectively. … the three Opposition parties agreed to combine forces.  They voted to kick Mr. Harper out of office and replace him with a Liberal-NDP coalition government. … a fresh and revealing look at how Ottawa actually works today.’ (from rear wrap)