2001

$25,000 WINNER

IMMIGRATION ET DIVERSITÉ À L'ÉCOLE: le débat québécois dans une perspective comparative
by Marie Mc Andrew (Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal)

MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST THIRTY YEARS in mainstreaming immigrants and accommodating ethnic and cultural diversity. Nonetheless, these issues remain highly challenging for Quebec's schools. Drawing from Canadian and international experience and research in the field, this book offers a review of the issues and past attempts at addressing them. Concise, jargon-free and elegantly written, Mc Andrew makes judicious evaluations and leads the reader to sensible conclusions and alternative approaches.

Marie Mc Andrew is a professor in the Faculty of Education, Université de Montréal and head of Immigration et Métropoles, a Montreal-based inter-university research centre focusing on immigration, integration and urban dynamics.

RUNNERS-UP
$10,000 EACH

ON KIDDIE PORN:
Sexual Representation, Free Speech and the Robin Sharpe Case
by Stan Persky and John Dixon (New Star Books)

WHEN HE COULD FIND NO LAWYER TO TAKE HIS CASE, Robin Sharpe conducted his own defence against the charges he faced under Canada's child pornography law. On Kiddie Porn traces the legal developments in this case, which made headlines and history as it succeeded in having the law declared unconstitutional as violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The authors have done an excellent job of setting out the issue in the context of individual rights versus the need for protection of children.

Stan Persky and John Dixon teach philosophy, including philosophy of law, at Capilano College in North Vancouver, BC. Persky co-edited The Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Abortion and wrote the introduction to Delgamuukw, the Supreme Court's decision on Native land claims. Dixon was seconded to the Department of Justice in 1991-92 as senior policy advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice. Dixon is also President of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

MOST FAVOURED NATION:
Building a Framework for Smart Economic Policy
by Jack M. Mintz (C.D. Howe Institute)

AFTER TWO DECADES IN A FISCAL STRAITJACKET, Canadian governments have entered an era of budget surpluses. Canadian politicians no longer have to face constant pressure to cut government spending or raise taxes. Based on extensive research, Most Favored Nation provides a blueprint for Canada to overcome its present economic drift and become one of the leading economies in the world in terms of level and growth of national income.

Jack M. Mintz has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the C.D. Howe Institute since 1999. He is also Arthur Andersen Professor of Taxation, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, and Co-Director of the International Tax Program, Institute of International Business, both at the University of Toronto.

OTHER 2001 SHORTLISTED BOOKS

THE POLITICS OF TAXATION IN CANADA
by Geoffrey Hale (Broadview Press)

TAXATION IS, ARGUABLY, THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT activity of government. The act of balancing government budgets after years of chronic deficits has reopened public debates over tax levels, the size of government and proposals for tax reform. The Politics of Taxation in Canada explains the factors that have shaped the evolution of Canada's tax system since the 1960s and the issues that are likely to challenge governments in coming years in a well-written, highly informative and authoritative manner.

Geoffrey Hale is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. He has an extensive background in public policy and business-government relations.

THE SUPREME COURT ON TRIAL: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue
by Kent Roach (Irwin Law)

THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA HAS BEEN ACCUSED of allowing criminals to go free; of permitting tobacco companies to advertise; of being too sympathetic to Aboriginal people; and of usurping democracy on abortion and gay rights. In a clear, engaging, and thought-provoking manner, Roach strips away the rhetoric that has characterized much of the debate over judicial activism and provides unique insights into the work of the Court.

Kent Roach is a Professor of Law at the University of Toronto. His previous book Due Process and Victims' Rights: The New Law and Politics of Criminal Justice in Canada was shortlisted for the 1999/2000 Donner Prize.

PULLING AGAINST GRAVITY: Economic Development in New Brunswick During the McKenna Years
by Donald J. Savoie (IRPP)

FRANK MCKENNA CAPTAINED NEW BRUNSWICK through difficult economic times. The ten-year course he set is widely perceived as having transformed the maritime province. In Pulling Against Gravity, Donald J. Savoie takes an objective look at the New Brunswick of 1987, when McKenna became premier, and the New Brunswick of 1997 and addresses the issues of today's Atlantic provinces in a carefully researched, well-written and effective manner.

Donald J. Savoie currently holds the Clément-Cormier Chair in Economic Development at l'Université de Moncton and is senior scholar at IRPP. His book Governing from the Centre was shortlisted for the 1999/2000 Donner Prize.

THE FRIENDLY DICTATORSHIP
by Jeffrey Simpson (McClelland & Stewart)

IS CANADA A DICTATORSHIP - albeit a friendly dictatorship? Jeffrey Simpson argues that the presence of partisan parliamentary debate should not obscure the fact that, with the Liberal party's re-election to a third majority government, Canada is in danger of becoming a de facto one-party state. The Friendly Dictatorship is clearly written and a masterful analysis of the ills that have beset Canadian politics.

Jeffrey Simpson is The Globe & Mail's national affairs columnist. Simpson was made on Officer of the Order of Canada in January 2000, a recognition of his contribution to journalism.