Season 3 #2: Michael Byers: Intent for a Nation: What is Canada For?

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DATE : Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:26:00 GMT
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This edition of Canadian Voices features Michael Byers, author, professor and commentator, speaking on themes from his recent book âIntent for a Nationâ, in July 2007, in Vancouver, at a lecture produced by the Necessary Voices Society.

Intent for a Nation, the title of which is followed by: â A relentlessly optimistic manifesto for Canadaâs role in the worldâ, has been called a compelling call to arms to reinvigorate our vision of Canadaâs place in the world, from one of the best of our new generation of public intellectuals.

The book plays against Lament for A Nation, the influential 1965 work of political philosophy by George Grant, which paints Canada as a country already lost to the forces of Americanization.

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