Did you hear what they said!? Sometimes someone says something so astonishing, so dumb or brilliant, so insightful or infuriating that everyone takes notice. But other times, a poignant or perceptive comment can get lost in the general noise of our society. It can be hard to know who and what to focus on or to get a sense of what is important to Canadians.

Enter What Canadians Said in 2025: A Yearbook of Public Opinion and Perspective, a fascinating compendium of what those in the public eye said about our country and what they felt other Canadians needed to hear. Garnered from newspapers, interviews, speeches, podcasts, social media, broadcasts, public forums, and online commentary, the quotes featured in this yearbook capture a wide-ranging set of opinions from people with a variety of backgrounds, roles, and ideologies.

Organized in eighteen thematic sections—including politics, economy, labour, sports, international affairs, culture, religion, education, and the environment—this thought-provoking and engaging book offers you a chance to do what you probably didn’t have time to do while life was happening around you: catch up on the ideas, arguments, and voices of Canadians in a pivotal year and add your own thoughts to the mix.

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It’s taken for granted that a product’s inception is solely a matter of design. Particularly in the world of electronic product design, architects and designers hold the reigns in the earliest stages, leaving the involvement of procurement and operations until later—often, too late.

When a product’s supply base isn’t a primary concern from its very inception, companies leave themselves open to vulnerabilities in sourcing—materials shortages, price fluctuations, and unreliable producers, among much else.

Drawing on his many years of experience in semiconductor technology and product development, including as a chief procurement officer, Ken J Bradley argues compellingly for procurement’s involvement in a product’s design from Day 1, and provides an organized guide for ensuring it across all stages of its lifecycle, including . . .

• How to make procurement a part of the design team

• How supply base design helps ensure pricing power for sourcing components from the get-go

• How bills of materials (BoMs) can be optimized by involving procurement early

• How to vet suppliers with both design and sourcing in mind

• How to design a product thinking ahead to its end of life (EOL)

• How involving procurement in design can help better prepare your company for the coming AI shift

• So much else!

Full of thoughtful insights and practical checklists, Supply Base Design Checklist is a revolution in thinking when it comes to electronic product design, helping your company ensure your product is both technically and practically sound, reliant on a solid supply base across its lifecycle.

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We live in a world that is moving quickly. It seems that so many of us are constantly solving problems, making tough decisions and reacting to crises that need immediate attention. Yet beneath this speed, many of us sense that something is missing.

On the plains of the Serengeti, Tom James encountered a different rhythm. Life there is not always rushed, yet nothing is left undone. Creation unfolds through relationship. Growth emerges through flexibility and balance. Evolution happens through being present.

The same principles shape our lives and organizations — whether we notice them or not. When we move against these principles, we feel strain. When we move with them, we rediscover clarity, purpose, and peace.

Through reflective storytelling and beautiful photography, Footprint offers practical insight into how natural rhythms can guide everyday choices in life and leadership. It invites you to see what has always been present: a wiser way of living and leading, rooted in Nature’s rhythms.

This is not a book of quick fixes. It is a remembering. A rediscovery of how to create meaning, build resilient cultures, and leave a conscious legacy in a changing world.

Because every life leaves a mark. The question is whether we leave it in reaction — or in rhythm.

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Rooted deep in its author’s lived experience as an Inuk woman, Where the Heart Carries the Light is a deeply evocative poetry collection that takes the reader on a journey through love, grief, motherhood, leadership, and the enduring strength of Inuit culture and community despite generations of systemic governmental abuses and neglect. A deeply personal and starkly honest examination of healing, identity, and reclamation, this collection takes a vividly poignant look at the impacts of colonialism still being felt by Indigenous communities, as well as the strength required to continue rising up each day with light despite the crushing weight and darkness of continued injustice and loss.

“This book is not simply poetry. It is my testimony. It is my reclamation.

It is my truth-telling. It is my love for my people and a refusal to let our voices be quieted. I wrote this for Inuit who carry generational strength and generational grief in the same body. For those who were told to be quiet or small. For those who are learning to speak again. For those who have lost loved ones, lost themselves, or lost their places and are finding their way home in their own time.”

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Nature & Nurture is a unique approach to bodybrain health. Combining the beauty of nature with knowledge about physical and mental health, this book is both informative and transformative. Throughout our lives, we long for meaning and connection but may struggle to communicate effectively and connect with those around us. Nature & Nurture offers an opportunity to increase our self-awareness and enhance our relationships at home and at work. Knowing the science inside the biology and psychology of everyday life allows for intentional change. It comes complete with tools and helpful tips that readily bring the theories of healthy living into daily routines. A psychotherapist for more than twenty years, Janey Komm expertly guides you in the journey of a lifetime.

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What happens when hate and misinformation start to shape the beliefs of voters and the policies of governments? Can our democracy survive if each political party’s base is driven by an alternative view of reality? This scenario is playing out before our eyes. Most of us know that the Canadian political landscape is different than it was even ten years ago, but we don’t know why. Worse, we’re caught up in the noise of social media, “alternative facts,” and conspiracy theories that skew our view of reality. How do we know what’s fact and what’s fiction? Who can we trust?

In this critical analysis, veteran political advisor and tech entrepreneur Vernon Sabeski identifies the factors that have made our political climate one of extremes. Social media, the rise of populism, and long-simmering frustrations with pandemic policy have fueled hateful rhetoric, scapegoating, and distortion of the facts. This climate is undermining democracy. All citizens must step back and look critically at what’s going on; Fact vs Fiction will help you see our current moment with clear eyes.

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In Buckle Up!, I share the story of my life before a collision, the challenges of adapting to life afterwards with a spinal cord injury, and the years that followed as I learned to navigate my wheelchair in a world that suddenly looked very different. With honesty, gratitude, and moments of humour, I reflect on my struggles, the support of those around me, and the perspective that I gained along the way.

My journey eventually led me to one of the most difficult and personal decisions, a person can face: my acceptance into Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying program, and the complicated reality of living with that choice while trying to continue to move forward with the unpredictable road life can take us on.

I say us and not me because I have learned over the years that this Is a road I unfortunately share with so many others. This is for those who suffer in silence while the outside world stays loud. When you've tried everything to alleviate the pain, but you keep suffering and fighting to stay, that's the definition of resilience.

It will hurt and hurt and hurt. Then, one day, it won't.

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“For your Light, is my Light, and the JOY of life itself.” ~ The Sun

THE LITTLE PHILOSOPHERS AND THE JOY OF LIFE is the fourth and final book in this beautiful four-book, four-season series. In the summer, we meet up with our two kind and adventurous friends who go outside to paint and ponder. A summer rain storm comes and they run to hide in a cave near a waterfall. They feel sadness in their hearts because the rain is ruining their paintings. Then a ray of sunlight breaks through the clouds to remind them that joy is always near even when things are hard or difficult. A beautiful rainbow appears and the sun points out it could only make the rainbow with the rain leading to a lovely surprise ending for the children! This unique book acknowledges the Light of life is within everything and everyone and helps us remember how to nurture this innate joy within our children.

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Secrets of the Emerald Tablet is a gripping supernatural action thriller and adventure that weaves reality and speculative fiction through secret societies, ancient history, advanced technology, and the battle for humanity's future. Book two in, the New Horizons series.

With the old alliance rekindled between the Order of Hermes and the Order of Thoth, they begin their new venture together; to rebuild the ancient library of Alexandria and the foundations of a highly advanced civilization that was lost at the end of the ice age.

However, when Montrealer, David Collins, is sent to Alexandria, Egypt to unravel the secrets of the ancient artifact he holds, a powerful nemesis to him emerges in Colonel Cedric Marshall who is relentless in his pursuit to acquire the ancient artifact for the Collective: the dystopian deep state organization that controls the world and desires the power of the shard for themselves. The chase is on and David once again finds himself plunged into a flight for his life while discovering his new abilities under the sands of Egypt.

An intriguing action-packed thriller and the sequel to The Shard of Asclepius.

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In this final book of The Marinesia Trilogy, Malcolm, Taryn, and Kaileigh, the children of the Prophecy, have one last magical Marinesian Artifact to find—the Deeppearl Ring. Thanks to them, the Seadrop Pendant and the Tidal Bracelet have been secured and the Barrier between Earth and Marinesia is closer than ever to being safely sealed.

But when the children, along with their merfolk friends, Sandy and Pike, discover a new threat from Leviathan, the evil serpent bent on destroying both Earth and Marinesia, finding the Deeppearl Ring becomes all the more important. But where is it? And will they find it before his spy in the Marinesian High Council does?

As Malcolm struggles with changes in his personal life, his growing attraction to Taryn, and the weight of new discoveries that could wipe out both Earth and Marinesia, he must find a way to overcome his challenges, and with the help of his friends, defeat Leviathan once and for all.

The Deeppearl Ring is an action-packed conclusion to the tale of Marinesia about the power of friendship and the importance of doing the right thing, even if it’s dangerous.

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In Echoes from the Silence of the Soul, the author lifts to the surface inner images and feelings of how a soul might be experienced. His flair for imagery draws the reader deeper into possibilities that are subtle, but shaped for us to see. Emotions and the intellect blend and pull us toward an inner response we often call spiritual. This allows us to discover that a deeper love and soul are intertwined. Chapman wants the reader to enjoy these poems as much as he has enjoyed writing them.

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At three years old, Lisa witnesses something extraordinary in the field bordering the rowhouse where she lives in Cambridge, Ontario: a strange, glowing light, something like a “second sun,” that descends before her eyes before taking off at warp speed.

Over the months and years to follow, Lisa finds herself subject to a series of bizarre and frightening occurrences, finding herself visited by beings she refers to as the “little people,” who she will one day learn others refer to as “short greys”: strange, humanoid beings who come through her wall at night to take her away to their ship. Here, they perform mysterious, mentally disturbing, and even physically painful experiments on her, for reasons she can only guess.

In time, she finds herself visited by a far more comforting otherworldly being: the tall, strangely beautiful “Nordic” woman, “Angie,” who she at first believes to be an angel. Angie comes to teach her about her people, allows her to captain her ship, and even brings her to a hangar to witness the building of a similar craft. This protective, guiding presence will stay with her for the rest of her life, alongside the terrifying threat of the short greys’ visits.

Along the way, Lisa encounters all manner of mysterious phenomena and strange beings, human and non-human alike, from tall greys to Men in Black, shadow people to a strange little-boy ghost.

This is the incredibly true story of Lisa Savoy’s life, sure to amaze skeptics, reassure believers, and provide solace to fellow experiencers.

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A rare photographic and narrative archive, A Sikh Soldier’s Service: A Photographic Journey Through Three Allied Armies brings to light the extraordinary life and service of Lachhman Singh Mehat, a Sikh soldier whose military career spanned the British Indian Army, the Indian Army, and the Canadian Army Reserves.

Drawing from an exceptional family archive of previously unpublished photographs and documents, the book traces Lt. Col. Mehat’s journey from a farming village in Punjab to commissioned service in the Signals Corps, and later to military life in Canada. Through images and narrative, it offers an intimate view of military training, leadership, and the evolving identity of a soldier across changing political and historical landscapes, including World War II, Partition, and post-war migration.

The book also examines the personal and institutional challenges he faced, including systemic discrimination within the Canadian military and the difficult decision to conform to dress regulations that required the removal of religious identity markers. Interwoven throughout is a story of family sacrifice, resilience, and unwavering commitment to service.

Both a historical record and a visual tribute, this work preserves a legacy that might otherwise have been lost and highlights the often-overlooked contributions of Sikh soldiers in Commonwealth military history.

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The fourteen councillors of Delanus were warned by their prophets of a powerful spiritual being called Satan that would soon invade their world. The prophets told them their only hope was a group of seven people from the world where Satan dwells.

Liam Lovell and his six friends did not know what to expect when they met for a prayer meeting at their church. Only the power of God could be responsible for what happened next.

Seven young adults are drawn into a massive battle for a planet and discover the power of the seven gifts of the Spirit.

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If you’re a Cottager you’ll understand.

Seasoned cottagers will declare, “There’s no such thing as a bad day at the cottage”. Don’t believe them.

I’ve had plenty of cold, rainy, wind-spitting days when sky and water were a spirit crushing grey and there was nothing to do but light a fire, lay on the couch with a full glass beside me and scribble random thoughts in my notebook. Annie would read, the cat and I would fall asleep.

The result is this book: 38 years of thoughts about storms, maintenance, fishing, birds, bugs, various local characters, my love-hate relationship with cottage country labour…

These are our stories, but I’ll bet everyone who has (or wishes they had) a Vintage cottage like Rebel’s Isle will find we have a lot in common. (If you plan to get your own Vintage cottage some day this could be instructive, but beware, I might talk you out of it).

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When Mase and his sister Mimi move to Romance Lane, they think they’re in for a normal summer full of new friends and fun but at the end of the street is a cul-de-sac that is anything but normal! When Mase steps onto one mysterious driveway, the world flips upside down houses turn sideways, trees float, and gravity goes bonkers! The weirdest part? Only kids can see it! With the help of friendship, bravery, teamwork, and lots of laughs, Mase and Mimi set off on a silly, surprising adventure that proves summer is way more exciting when your street is a little bit magical.

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Sixty years after the completion of Vatican II, the full meaning of the only Catholic ecumenical council of the last 150 years is still not widely understood. Longtime journalist Glen Argan shows how the council intended to draw ordinary Catholics into an encounter with Jesus. That encounter empowers us for a mission to transform the world.

Jesus Christ, the Heart of Vatican II presents the council as a call to deeper faith and inspired action. It shows how popes from John XXIII to Leo XIV have discerned the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking through the Second Vatican Council and calling the faithful to a dynamic mission. Catholic readers will find in Jesus Christ, the Heart of Vatican II a path to living out the council’s vision for following Jesus.

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Stories, Poems and Plays for Grades 1-3 and Stories and Plays for Grade 4 and Above

"A story is a magic gate. Come step within. Adventures wait!"

Dancing Stories, Poems and Plays is a resource of material for eurythmy and expressive movement lessons and performances. The lively, rhythmic language of the stories supports and encourages creative activity, learning and enjoyment! Suggestions are given for working with the texts, yet the movement instructor is free to see where each story leads. Each movement story is a gateway to foster skills and abilities, and encourage children's self-expression. Each story is a pathway to learn about ourselves and each other!

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When Anne Majic’s husband dies suddenly, her world changes in an instant. Overwhelmed by grief, she wonders how she’ll navigate life alone. Yet in the midst of the darkness, Anne is visited by “earthly angels” who bring many gifts—acts of kindness, practical help, and emotional support. Losing George: Stories of Grief and Coming Together, tells the tales of the friends, family, and even acquaintances who stepped in to carry her through her painful loss.

From cleaning her home and organizing her finances to sharing coffee, these angels bring light to the darkest corners of her grief. The stories of their compassion and service are inspirational, and they remind us that even in the smallest gestures, we can find great healing in the face of the raw emotions that accompany the death of a loved one.

More than a personal story of loss, this book is a testimony to community and hope. It invites readers to consider how they can come alongside someone in pain and make a difference in their lives. Losing George reminds us all that even in the pit of grief and sadness, light can shine through and lead us into a new day.

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A big snowfall has covered the town, and Sunny the Snowplow couldn’t be more excited. With a beep, beep, beep, Sunny happily crunches through the snow, clearing the road with his trusty scoop. Along the way, he meets his good friend, Rusty Red, who’s in deep trouble! Sunny and Rusty Red learn that asking for help and working together is a great way to solve problems and, with a little teamwork, the friends get to enjoy the snowy day together!

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