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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.


CANADA (Search for related entries in the library)

CANADIAN AUTO WORKERS UNION 

CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS 

CANADIAN POLICY RESEARCH NETWORK (Search for related entries in the library)

CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (Search for related entries in the library)

CANADIANS (Search for related entries in the library)

CANCER 

CANNERIES 

CAPITALISM (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: An economic system that is based on free markets and private, for-profit production. There are several variations of capitalism with more or less state intervention and regulation (e.g. welfare capitalism, state capitalism).

CARE CONTEXT (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Permeating through all levels of government and institutions, the specific models of health care and the role of medicine within them, which are shaped by and reflective of society.