A People's Citizenship Guide

By Adele Perry Esyllt Jones ISBN: 9781894037563 format: Paperback pages: 100 publisher: Arbeiter Ring Publishing pub. date: 2012-01-01

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In 2009, Stephen Harper's Conservative government changed the contents of the official citizenship guide that is given to all recent immigrants. The new version contained a lot more military history and plenty of information about the monarchy, but little about public programs such as medicare or education, or our rich history of social justice movements. Ignoring the work and democratic struggles of generations of newcomers, it presumes that new immigrants need to be taught how to "take responsibility" for their families. In short, the official guide outlines an exceptionally narrow, conservative view of Canadian politics and society. In A People's Citizenship Guide, a group of progressive historians offer an alternative citizenship guide for Canada: a lively, political, humane--and more accurate--alternative to Stephen Harper's version of the story.

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