Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama, and Canada Has Stephen Harper

by John Ibbitson

Last November America elected its first black president. Canada, too, went to the polls that month. The difference for the two nations was remarkable: Americans had a clear choice between an indecisive, has-been who represented at best more of the same and a progressive, eloquent, African American, the first ever black presidential candidate. As Ibbitson remarks, "What were Canadians being offered? An overweight economist who couldn't offer an honest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077104318X
• ISBN13: 9780771043185
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.9"