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  Crossing Into Canada

  Stories from Two Generations of US War Resisters

  Alison Mountz (Editor)

  These powerful first-hand accounts offer an insider look at how two generations of U.S. war resisters – ones fleeing conscription during the war in Vietnam and later ones resisting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq – travelled parallel routes but met very different outcomes when seeking refuge in Canada.

  (University of Alberta Press, $29.99 Paperback, 272 pages, ISBN: 978-17-72128-28-4)  

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  Public Service in Tough Times

  Working Under Austerity in Manitoba

  Jesse Hajer (Editor), Ian Hudson (Editor), Jennifer Keith (Editor)

  Using survey data from thousands of public sector workers, carefully compiled statistics on spending and staffing, and a participatory action research methodology, the contributors to this book demonstrate how Pallister’s Progressive Conservative government from 2016 to 2023 cut government expenditures disproportionately – slashing health care and housing funding, freezing wages, and eliminating jobs – to benefit the wealthy and exacerbate poverty and inequality.

  (University of Manitoba Press, $31.95 Paperback, 324 pages, ISBN: 978-17-72841-30-5)  

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