(Part 2) Best products from r/canada

Just to make it easier to find - it's spelled "Pierre Berton", not "Burton". Also, "Hostages to Fortune" was written by Peter C. Newman, not Pierre Berton (more about Newman below).

Here's Berton's list of books.

Some great foundational stuff about Canada is as /u/MonotheistThrowaway describes, in the 1812 things. There's also other stuff by him that's excellent:

"The National Dream" and "The Last Spike", about the construction of the railroad across Canada.

"The Great Depression", which of course is about the Great Depression.

"Vimy", which is about the Canadians at Vimy Ridge in 1917. It's not especially "scholarly", but it's incredibly accessible and a riveting read.

"The Arctic Grail", which is about the many attempts to find the North-West Passage. See also the Stan Rogers song about this. It's a pretty key piece of Canadian history.

There is lots and lots more in his bibliography. If you go out of your mind and decide to read all of his work, you'll probably know more about Canadian history and identity that 95% of those born here.

Peter Newman wrote similarly great Canadian history. He did a three-volume piece about the Hudson Bay Company, in the books Company of Adventurers, Caesars of the Wilderness and Merchant Princes. There's a sort of a "condensed" version called "Empire of the Bay" that might be a quicker read.

If you ever get bored of reading but you still want to learn Canada's history, check out "Canada: A People's History", an incredible series done by CBC back in 2001. That's a link to a playlist with all episodes. I can't possibly recommend it enough.

Edit to add: Welcome to Canada, friend!

> occasionally I make my own coffee and use a thermos much better

Going to hijack this thread in case someone wants my "cheap but picky" setup. Hard to drink anything else:

• Whole beans from Costco. The one with the elephant on it is great for $18 but Kirkland is fine too.
  
  
• french press from Ikea. $9. (Aeropress if you're just into 1 cup)
  
  
• This grinder - set 3 from from coarsest. 6 seconds. Pour in hot water at ~85*C and steep for 3 mins, press it slowly.
  
  
• Makes 1 huge mug plus one full thermos.
  
  Note that getting used to drinking less coffee is a good thing, and none after lunch if you can. Mostly for sleep quality.

I believe the majority of people saw prices continuing to rise due to supply shortages and continuing volatility internationally.

I think this book summed it up best, basically based on the assumption that oil would go above $200/barrel and anyone living in a rural area or away from major cities would have a hard time surviving.

I don't think it was a far out assumption at the time before the US was working towards energy independence and the Saudis were bottoming out the market.

http://www.amazon.ca/Your-World-About-Whole-Smaller/dp/030735752X

I always chuckle when people like OP jump for joy at their cheap gas prices...

If you don't mind a textbook, the Origins and Destinies pair of books is very readable, reasonably concise, and covers a lot of history your teachers never had the time to mention in class.

Since it's history, and a textbook, you can probably find a very cheap earlier edition without sacrificing quality.

Unfortunately, I've never found much in the way of good books covering Canadian history that weren't textbooks of some variety. There is, however, a good graphic novel called Louis Riel which tells the story of the Metis rebel leader in good detail and is available in many libraries. Worth reading.

I recommend [A Fair Country.] (http://www.amazon.ca/Fair-Country-Telling-Truths-Canada/dp/0143168428/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320394310&sr=1-2) It's more of a sociological perspective, but I definitely enjoyed it.

I don't believe I can answer this question without rancour at the moment or appearing to be partisan. It is an interesting question that in some respects I've answered for myself due to not only living in an urban environment but also having family in the rural milieu. In your case I would recommend researching social conservatism versus progressiveness and also having a look at some Canadian authors who might add some insight into this subject: In particular I recommend Pierre Burton's The Great Depression 1929-1939 and John Ralston Saul's Voltaire's Bastards to give a starters overview of this complex issue and how it relates to our country.

> We are talking about your attempt to equate the republicans of the 1950s and 1960s with the republicans of today. You're wrong, you know you're wrong, and rather than admit it, youre just posting LOL in all caps. Have a great Sunday kid.

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Maybe read Give Me Liberty!: An American History by Eric Foner which is in most schools in the United States and Canada even used by Univerisites. He is a well known Marxist Historian and he does not use Wikipedia or Google. Also MLK's Family are members of the GOP? How strange. But I see you believe everything on the internet. I cannot stop LOLing on this. It is clear you never took any history courses on the Civil Rights area. I see you cannot stand the The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party . Strange? But Google and Wikipedia? I wonder why?

It really does depend on what you're buying. I find the more niche the hobby the cheaper it'll be to buy in the USA.

Amazon.com Petite Dress Form = $191.36 USD

Amazon.ca Petite Dress Form = $302.71 CAD

Back when I had a hobby of making wooden models balsa wood was much cheaper and easier to get from the USA in the size and quantity that I needed.

Often you'll see businesses in the USA offering free shipping while in Canada (even if they ship from a Canadian warehouse here) will have some sort of minimum purchase to qualify for free shipping.

This "Magical Dress Doll" sold by "Japan Web Store", perhaps? [or the Elsa version, by the same seller at the same price]

Or this "Plush Treat Basket" sold by "Hope Fire"?

Or, last example :P, this "Young Elsa and Olaf" figure set by "Global Depot--Ship from USA"?

The only $106 Frozen toy Amazon.ca itself sells is a karaoke machine. EDIT: Hmm. Guess Amazon.ca doesn't do straight price conversions, at least on some things. The Amazon.com version only works out to $88 after exchange, so still dinged for another $18...

Best way to shop Amazon.ca is to scroll down to the 'Seller' section in the sidebar of search results and select 'Amazon.ca' (though sometimes it's hidden behind the 'See More', of course). It'll keep the blood pressure down. :)

I frequently shop on Amazon.ca - even have a Prime membership. Basically, you have to be careful as I see this often too. Amazon allows sellers to list their items, a lot of US based sellers (usually the one who decide to want to ship to Canada) will list their items also even though they aren't shipping out of Canada directly.

Something like the one you listed where the US (amazon.com) listing is liek $15 with possible free shipping compared to the Canada (amazon.ca) item that it listed for $40+$5 shipping . It cost a lot more than $5 to ship most things through customs so they basically pad the item price to compensate. I think it's something to do with people less willing to pay $50 of shipping for a $10 item but they'll pay the $5-$10 shipping to an overprice $50 item.

Hard when it's proprietary items or rare items but try to find alternative sellers/brand instead that come out of Canada.

My most recent experience was with AeroGarden replacement lights. Can only get it through them, need the "branded" one since it's their device. Looked on their website (US price) and they are super cheap

http://www.aerogarden.com/grow-lights.html (2-pack for $25)
or amazon.com (same for $25~)
http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Gro-AeroGarden-Grow-Lights-Pack/dp/B0041LE4BK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1416232231&sr=8-3&keywords=aerogarden

Then Amazon.ca ($62+shipping)
http://www.amazon.ca/Miracle-Gro-AeroGarden-Grow-Lights-Pack/dp/B0041LE4BK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1416232263&sr=8-3&keywords=Miracle-Gro+AeroGarden+Grow+Lights

You could buy an email gift card from Amazon.com for Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic. This US dollar email gift card can be scanned at their Canadian stores check-out, where the currency exchange will be automatically calculated.

https://www.amazon.com/Gap-Options-Gift-Cards-mail/dp/B016PASXA2/ref=sr_1_2?fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1564017264&refinements=p_n_format_browse-bin%3A2740964011%2Cp_89%3AGAP&rnid=2528832011&s=gift-cards&sr=1-2

There's cute baby clothes at Gap, not sure about Old Navy.

I've done this myself, and know for a fact that above works in Canada.

America in the Technetronic Age 1968

Page 21 "At the same time, the capacity to assert social and political control over the individual will vastly increase. As I have already noted, it will soon be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and to maintain up-to-date, complete files, containing even most personal information about the health or personal behaviour of the citizen, in addition to more customary data. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities."

"Moreover, the rapid pace of change will put a premium on anticipating events and planning for them. Power will gravitate into the hands of those who control the information, and can correlate it most rapidly."

Reason doesn't work the way we thought it does, someone can tell you the truth and you won't believe them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ

The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is just more part and parcel of state suppression of dissent against corporate interests. They're worried that the more people are going to wake up and corporate centers like the US and canada may be among those who also awaken. See this vid with Zbigniew

Brzezinski, former United States National Security Advisor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttv6n7PFniY

Brezinski at a press conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kmUS--QCYY

The real news:

http://therealnews.com/t2/

http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverted-Totalitarianism/dp/069114589X/

http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Government-Surveillance-Security-Single-Superpower/dp/1608463656/

http://www.amazon.com/National-Security-Government-Michael-Glennon/dp/0190206446/

Look at the following graphs:

IMGUR link - http://imgur.com/a/FShfb

http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

And then...

WIKILEAKS: U.S. Fought To Lower Minimum Wage In Haiti So Hanes And Levis Would Stay Cheap

http://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-haiti-minimum-wage-the-nation-2011-6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnkNKipiiiM

Free markets?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHj2GaPuEhY#t=349

Free trade?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju06F3Os64

http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spectacle/dp/1568586132/

"We now live in two Americas. One—now the minority—functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other—the majority—is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority—which crosses social class lines, though the poor are overwhelmingly affected—presidential debate and political rhetoric is pitched at a sixth-grade reading level. In this “other America,” serious film and theater, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins of society.

In the tradition of Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges navigates this culture—attending WWF contests, the Adult Video News Awards in Las Vegas, and Ivy League graduation ceremonies—to expose an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion."

Important history:

http://williamblum.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcA1v2n7WW4#t=2551

Ironically I got something cheaper then the US a month ago.

Choetech charger @$34.99 CAD

Choetech charger @$32.99 USD

Nice to win out for once!

These are the best oversize bath towels I've ever had. They are squished on arrival, fluff up after washing, dry with heat then 3-4 times on cool to remove all lint. Soft, thick, luxurious.

https://www.amazon.ca/Superior-Egyptian-Cotton-Oversize-Towel/dp/B01D95NPYK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Calla+Angel+Superior+1000+Gram+Egyptian+Cotton+Oversize&qid=1565904835&s=gateway&sr=8-1

As other posters have said, it's not a fair comparison. Both the US and the Canadian products are sold by third party vendors.

• Amazon.com: Ships from and sold by STL PRO, Inc.
  
  
• Amazon.ca: Ships from and sold by Blue_Bay.
  
  So your complaint should be with STL Pro, Inc. and Blue_Bay, not with amazon.com or amazon.ca.
  
  And as someone who regularly purchases from amazon.com, I usually avoid third party vendors altogether. I'd rather have a product that "ships from and sold by Amazon.com" (or is "fulfilled by Amazon") in case anything goes wrong. It's a lot easier to have amazon deal with returns/refunds/issues than a random third party company.

The irony is that the statement "It might be healthy to periodically step outside of your bubble" has been made by someone complaining, marginalizing and belittling a point of view that seeks to step out of 160 years of institutionalize oppression in a way that is constructive and meaningful moving into the future.

To claim that, in reexamining the practices of the Government of Canada, with the passive or active participation of Canadians, the British Crown and our own Executive, to claim that this is "Simply dismissing other opinions directly contributes to the tribalism that pollutes politics these days" is a direct example of ignorance, but, to my point, is indicative of the definition of irony.

I was hoping people would look a little more deeply into this issue. It is a rising-tide issue in the mainstream, and that is a good thing.

Bemoaning Trudeau, whom I dislike extremely as a Prime Minister, in his efforts, however flawed, to at least voice the history- one which has been systematically suppressed for a century and a half- the true history of Canada's horrifying record of our "government-to-government" relationships with the First Nations, Metis and Inuit is monstrous.

I highly encourage everyone here doing so to read the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions' report, a Knock on the Door and recommendations on their inquires.

I really expected more from Canadians.

Once, I found an item that was cheaper on Amazon.ca than on Amazon.com. It was a glorious day.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040FJ27S/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0040FJ27S/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details

Get a $50 flask like a responsible person!

^/s ^for ^the ^oblivious

>Science on reasoning, I mean no offence but this the best link you can provide to information on cognitive thought process?

Go pick it up and have a read when you have the time.

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https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Error-Emotion-Reason-Human/dp/014303622X

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> Studies relevance to the Canadian political system?

All capitalist states work the same, you have to understand that canada is a vassal state to the US empire, you don't seem to have any understanding of history, when trump was doing negotiations for the new agreement, do you really think justin and freeland were protecting Canadians? The reality is we are all in the US political sphere of influence because we buy and use products from companies headquartered in the US.

I have not read it, but Greg Malone's book is supposed to be good ...

https://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Tell-Newfoundlanders-Newfoundlands-Confederation/dp/0307401332

This is such a huge component of our history. I always like to suggest this book as an understanding of our roots.

And in my opinion, this is the closest we would have to the New Yorker

In terms of the textbooks you should read these (link 1, link 2). They are the standard first year University textbooks that cover the period up to Confederation (1867) and the period after. I took many classes with the Professor who wrote them and they are an excellent introductory resource.

Get the book "Dont Tell the Newfoundlanders". It discusses how Newfoundland was treated like a playing chip by the Brits and the crooked politics that took place in her joining Canada. It is extremely thorough. If you are a newfoundlander, your blood may boil while reading it.

https://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Tell-Newfoundlanders-Newfoundlands-Confederation/dp/0307401332

I read this and it was very good.

http://www.amazon.ca/Great-Depression-1929-1939-Pierre-Berton/dp/0385658435

This is the book he is referencing if anyone cares.

Current issues? The BIG issue is that Canada's First Nations were promised equality but ended up being marginalized. Now we can seriously start doing something about it, or continue pretending we are by nibbling at the edges.
I suggest John Ralston Saul's "A Fair Country". John is the president of PEN International, as well as the husband of past Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.
If you would like to read a review how the Ontario schools curriculum contributes to the public's ignorance of Aboriginal issues, read "Cultivating Ignorance of Aboriginal Realities" by Anne Godlewska, Jackie Moore and C.Drew Bednasek of Queens University.

https://www.amazon.ca/National-Security-Government-Michael-Glennon/dp/0190206446