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Continuing problems in the Canadian economy have been the occasion of a partisan debate between nationalists and continentalists. As one of the principal progenitors of that premise Harold Innis contributed much to the roots of this debate.This is an account of the Canadian problem as it was elaborated in the staples thesis of H.A. Innis.

Before road or rail, the canoe routes followed by voyageurs formed a transport and supply system crossing a continent and covering more than a million square miles. Eric Morse retraces these routes, linking them to modern landmarks and roads, and draws a fascinating picture of the history, economics, and geography of the fur trade.

Laure Conan was the first woman novelist in French Canada and the first writer in all Canada to attempt a roman d'analyse. Her daring in writing a psychological novel was 'forgiven'; because she was a woman, and her anticipating the trend towards this type of novel was attributed to 'that intuition natural to her sex.'