Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Preface: You Need to Stop Listening

1. The Death of the Laurentian Consensus: Why the people who used to matter most don’t anymore

2. The Great Divide: Conservative values and the Big Shift

3. Quebec: The sun sets. The sun might just possibly rise.

4. It’s Not ROC Anymore: The Ottawa River Curtain descends

5. The Wests: Getting used to being in charge

6. They Don’t Get It: And why they don’t

7. The Conservative Century: Why the Tories will rule, and how they’ll be defeated

8. Not So Fragile: The Canada your mother never knew

9. The Big Shift Means Business: Is yours ready?

10. The Decline of the Laurentian Media: Why it doesn’t matter if the press gallery doesn’t like Stephen Harper

11. Things Will Change (1): At home

12. Things Will Change (2): Abroad

Conclusion: Margin of Error

Acknowledgements from Darrell Bricker

Acknowledgements from John Ibbitson

About the Authors

Notes

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher