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Since the days of John Diefenbaker controversy has swirled around the issue of foreign ownership of the Canadian economy; the most recent subjects of debate have been the National Energy Program, FIRA, and the Canada-US free trade deal. This book delves into these debates and examines the causes of Canada's uniquely high level of foreign ownership. Using a wide ranging comparative approach, Laxer subjects the standard explanations of Canada's economic dependence to careful and critical scrutiny. He challenges the theories of accepted orthodoxies from Conservative to Marxist, and argues that the assumptions about external control, the role of the Canadian elite and the effects of geography do not adequately explain Canada's failure to develop independently. This timely book develops a new way of thinking about Canada. Laxer shows that the country was well along the path of industrialization before American branch plants and management took control of the critical mass of its resources and manufacturing industries.
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"A most impressive study. It is closely argued and based on a conscientious treatment of the relevant literature on Canadian economic history published in English....It both contains original and provocative interpretations and can be expected to set the agenda for a good part of the research on political economy in Canada for the next several years."--Contemporary Sociology"A very worthwhile addition to any collection of Canadiana or of comparative economic development."--Choice
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