The Ugly Canadian:
Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy
Edmonton Book Launch
with author Yves Engler
Thursday, November 1
(7:00 pm)
Telus Building Room
134
87 Avenue and 111
Street, U of A Campus
The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy documents
the sordid story of the Canadian government’s sabotage of international
environmental efforts, of a government totally committed to tar sands producers
and a mining industry widely criticized for abuses. Yves Engler's sweeping
critique details Harper’s opposition to the "Arab Spring" democracy
movement and his backing of repressive Middle East monarchies, as well as his
support for a military coup in Honduras and indifference to the suffering of
Haitians following the earthquake that devastated their country. The book also
explores Canada’s extensive military campaign in Libya, opposition to social transformation
in Latin America and support for the far right-wing Israeli government.
With an eye to Canada’s growing international isolation, The
Ugly Canadian is a must read for those who would like to see Canada adopt a
more just foreign policy.
This is a free event. Copies of The Ugly Canadian will be
available for purchase.
Organized locally by the Council of Canadians and Palestine
Solidarity Network-U of A. Sponsored nationally by
rabble.ca and Canadians for
Justice & Peace in the Middle East.
Praise for the book:
"Stephen Harpers' government has fundamentally changed
Canada's foreign policy in a way most Canadians do not understand. The notion
of the Ugly Canadian may be hard to accept but it is true and I for one am
deeply grateful to Yves Engler for this important book."
- Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of
Canadians
"A damning chronicle of Stephen Harper's international
misdeeds."
- Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics
and International Law, University of British Columbia
"Ugly Canadian is a well written, thoroughly researched,
powerful indictment of the Harper government's radical shift to the right in
foreign policy. This book is more than a wakeup call, it is a call to arms for
Canadians to take note of where we are headed on the international stage
-before it is too late."
- Scott Taylor, Editor Esprit de Corps Magazine
About Yves Engler:
Dubbed "Canada's version of Noam Chomsky" (Georgia
Straight), "one of the most important voices on the Canadian Left
today" (Briarpatch), "in the mould of I. F. Stone" (Globe and
Mail), "part of that rare but growing group of social critics unafraid to
confront Canada's self-satisfied myths" (Quill & Quire),
"ever-insightful" (
rabble.ca) and a "Leftist gadfly"
(Ottawa Citizen), Yves Engler's six previous books have been praised by Noam
Chomsky, Naomi Klein, William Blum, Rick Salutin and many others.