Bøger af Donald Savoie

As K. C. Irving said, business is never given--it has to be earned, one customer at a time. "Thanks for the Business" traces the Irving family back to its roots in Scotland, covers the establishment and early years of the company, and looks at how Irving Oil is confronting current challenges. This comprehensive biography holds important lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs, for business schools, for public policy, and particularly for Atlantic Canada.

Agencies and policies instituted to streamline Ottawa's planning process instead concentrate power in the hands of the Prime Minister, more powerful in Canadian politics than the U.S. President in America. Riveting, startling, and indispensable reading.

Visiting Grandchildren looks to history, accidents of geography, and to the workings of national political and administrative institutions to explain the relative underdevelopment of the Maritime provinces.

In the 1950s most of Acadian society was poor and dominated by the Roman Catholic clergy. In the following decade two individuals, Pierre E Trudeau and Louis J Robichaud, pointed the way for Acadians to make important contributions to Canada's development. This title shows how their efforts led to fundamental change for Canada and New Brunswick.

In Breaking the Bargain, Donald J. Savoie reveals how the traditional deal struck between politicians and career officials that underpins the workings of our national political and administrative process is today being challenged.

Donald J. Savoie argues that both Canada and the UK now operate under court government rather than cabinet government.