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  • The Third Rail

    Confronting Our Pension Failures

    by Jim Leech, Jacquie McNish ...
    For all Canadians, a blueprint on the state of Canadian pensions, the crisis we are faced with, and solutions to fix it - from the foremost expert on the subject.Over the next 20 years more than 7 million Canadian workers will retire. Baby boomers, the 45- to 65-year-olds who account for 42% of the country's workforce, will join the largest job exodus in Canadian history, moving the promised land ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Real Retirement

    Why You Could Be Better Off Than You Think, and How to Make That Happen

    by Fred Vettese, Bill Morneau ...
    Straight Talk and solid retirement advice for all CanadiansIn the face of government changes, financial market volatility, and an aging workforce, Canadians are understandably concerned about the impact on their finances and their future retirement. This reassuring book debunks the generally-accepted claims about necessary savings rates, which can cause paranoia among those beginning to ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • New Rules Of Retirement

    What Your Financial Advisor Isn't Telling You

    by Ken Hawkins, Warren Mackenzie ...
    The financial advice industry -- including banks, mutual fund and insurance companies -- has a vested interest in our hard-earned savings. Industry advisors are constantly warning us that we may not be financially prepared for retirement. And, feeling anxious about our future, we become convinced that it’s a good idea to let them handle our money. After all, they seem to have all the answers. But ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Retirement's Harsh New Realities

    Protecting Your Money In A Changing World

    by Gordon Pape ...
    Nine harsh realities and nine practical solutions from Gordon Pape, Canada’s trusted and widely read financial expert In this hard-hitting new book, personal finance expert Gordon Pape zeroes in on the realities of retirement that confront Canadians, including collapsing pension plans, a tax system that works against us, pitiful savings rates, and the fact that there are no “safe” investments. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Chronic Condition

    Why Canada's Health Care System Needs To Be Dragged Into The 21c

    by Jeffrey Simpson ...
    Medicare is the third rail of Canadian politics. Touch it and you die. Every politician knows this truism, which is why no one wants to debate it. Privately, many of them understand that the health care system, which costs about $200 billion a year in public and private money, cannot continue as it is-increasingly ill-adapted to an aging population with public costs growing faster than government ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word

    A Different Take on Taxes in Canada

    Edited by Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb ...
    Series Book 3 - Canadian Commentaries
    Taxes connect us to one another, to the common good, and to the future. This is a book about taxes: who pays what and who gets what. More than that, it’s about the role of government, about citizenship and our collective well-being, about the Canada we want. The contributors, leading Canadian practitioners and scholars, explore how taxes have become a political “no-go zone” and how changes in ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • The Essential Retirement Guide

    A Contrarian's Perspective

    by Frederick Vettese ...
    Retirement planning is difficult enough without having to contend with misinformation. Unfortunately, much of the advice that is dispensed is either unsubstantiated or betrays a strong vested interest. In The Essential Retirement Guide, Frederick Vettese analyses the most fundamental questions of retirement planning and offers some startling insights. The book finds, for example that:Saving 10 ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • This Town

    Two Parties and a Funeral--Plus Plenty of Valet Parking!--in America's Gilded Capital

    by Mark Leibovich ...
    **A #1 New York Times bestsellerA gripping expose that delves into the heart of Washington D.C., and the intersection of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanity**Through the eyes of author Mark Leibovich, we discover how the funeral for a beloved newsman becomes the social event of the year; how political reporters are fetishized for their ability to get their names into the predawn e ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Victory Lap Retirement

    Work While You Play, Play While You Work--The Joy of Financial Independence . . . at Any Age

    by Michael Drak, Jonathan Chevreau ...
    The key to a happy retirement may be . . . not retiring.The rules of retirement have changed and there’s more at risk than ever. People are living longer and have to finance as many years in retirement as they had in their entire working career. So what will thirty or forty years, or more, in retirement look like for you?The old idea of full-stop retirement—going from 100 per cent work mode to 100 ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Man Game

    by Lee Henderson ...
    On a recent Sunday afternoon in Vancouver, a young man stumbles upon a secret sport invented more than a century before, at the birth of his city. Thus begins The Man Game, Lee Henderson's epic tale of love, requited and not, that crosses the contemporary and historical in an extravagant, anarchistic retelling of the early days of a pioneer town on the edge of the known world. In 1886, out of the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Lawyers Gone Bad

    Money Sex And Madness In Canada's Legal Profession

    by Philip Slayton ...
    In this shocking and delicious exposé, Philip Slayton, a respected corporate lawyer and former dean of law, sheds light on those who betrayed clients and committed crimes—sometimes for very little personal gain.In this shocking and delicious exposé, Philip Slayton, a respected corporate lawyer and former dean of law, sheds light on those who betrayed clients and committed crimes—sometimes for very ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Warlords

    Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada's World Wars

    by Tim Cook ...
    Two portraits flank the doors leading into Canada's House of Commons: Sir Robert Borden to the left and W.L.M. King to the right. While each man appears flatteringly stern, wise, and charismatic, it is the portrait plaques that are of particular interest. Borden's caption reads: "World War I War Leader, 1914–1918," while King's caption is similar: "World War II War Leader, 1939–1945." No other ... Read more

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