Ebook: Could it happen here?: Canada in the age of Trump and Brexit
Author: Adams Michael
- Tags: Demographic surveys, Demographic surveys--Canada, Economic history, Populism--Canada--Forecasting, Social prediction, Social prediction--Canada, Social surveys, Social surveys--Canada, Social values, Social values--Canada, Social surveys -- Canada, Social prediction -- Canada, Populism -- Canada -- Forecasting, Social values -- Canada, Demographic surveys -- Canada, Canada -- Economic conditions -- 21st century, Canada
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- City: Canada;Toronto
- Language: English
- epub
In vote after vote, Western publics have pushed their anger to the top of their countries' political agendas. The votes have varied in their particulars, but their unifying feature has been rejection of moderation, incrementalism, and the status quo. Britons opted to leave the European Union. Americans elected Donald Trump. Far-right, populist politicians channeling anger at out-of-touch "elites" are gaining ground across Europe. Amid this roiling international scene, Canada appears placid, at least on its surface. As other societies retrench, the international media have taken notice of Canada's welcome of Syrian refugees, its half-female federal cabinet, its acceptance of climate science and mixed efforts to limit its emissions, the absence of a prominent hard-right ethno-nationalist movement. After a year in power, the centrist federal government continues to enjoy majority approval, suggesting an electorate not as bitterly split as the ones to the south or in Europe. As sceptics point out, however, Brexit and a Trump presidency were unthinkable until they happened. Could it be that Canada is not immune to the same forces of populism, social fracture, and backlash that have afflicted other parts? 2017.
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