Speaking Out Louder: Ideas That Work for Canadians

No other book that I have ever read has at once made me as proud to be a Canadian and as ashamed at the same time. This book has given me a mini education in how our Government works and how economic policies are determined. This book has educated me in the vast scope of what my fellow Canadians are capable of achieving and indeed have done to make this a great country. I am so proud of my country and being a Canadian. At the same time I am so distressed at what our current government is doing to our country. All I could think of while reading this book was "how can I get this man elected." I am a member of the NDP here in B.C. but being in western Canada I don't have the opportunity to meet most of the nations elected representatives in Ottawa. I have personally helped our local NDP MP in her campaign and am very proud of her though she is now sadly retiring. This book gave me the opportunity to see inside the head of Jack Layton, the national leader of the NDP and I now feel that I know the issues from a national standpoint much better. I think the viewpoint in this book reflects the majority of Canadian's thinking and if the book were more widely distributed could effect election results. Complicated issues made understandable and easy to read by the ordinary citizen, this book is a *must read* by all Canadians. Though I agree with the NDP policies generally I had no idea that the leader of this forward thinking party was so innovative. Any Canadian that thinks that the Liberal party is representing our voices in Ottawa and implementing what is in our best interests, now or in the future, is in for a shock when they read this book. I highly recommend that all Canadians of any party affiliation read this book, if only to know what the alternatives are to the current direction that our elected officials in Ottawa are leading us. If I were a woman of means I would purchase many copies of this book, at least 100, and distribute them through Bookcrossing.com in order to circulate this message to a wider range of Canadians. Unfortunately I am one of the many Canadians living in poverty that have been affected by the many cutbacks imposed by the Liberals so this wish will not be fulfilled enless Jack Layton reads this and says "Hey, that lady is on to something! Let me see if I can get a hundred copies, possibly wholesale, and circulate them!". Jack if you read this, and can manage it, more Canadians will buy the book anyway because not everyone will get a book and everyone will want one :) I am also going to recommend this book, if it's possible, for the 'One City, One Book' 2005 award in Vancouver and I appeal to people in other cities in Canada to do the same. Our future and our children's future is dependant on the message in this book getting out to the Canadian population, please Canadians read this book!