Thomas King and Cameron Bailey

Cameron Bailey: I have to say, that at the beginning of the week, I thought that The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King was the sure choice. When it got knocked out on Tuesday, everything became uncertain. It seemed as if it was all up in the air, according to Rabble. However, my mind was changed over the course of the the last day of the competiton, when Cameron Bailey brought my attention to a much less visible issue, one that needs to be addressed: Immigration. When Bailey said, "A lot of Canadians have become tired of being nice to newcomers," that when it all sunk in and Canada Reads came to a close today and Kim Th y debut novel Ru translated by Sheila Fischman won Canada annual "title fight." As it narrowed down to Raziel Reid When Everything Feels Like the Movies and Kim Th y Ru , I thought Reid novel would be the clear winner. With the focus of "which book breaks barriers," the controversy surrounding the novel and ferocious opposition to its subject matter would make it a clear choice. There were clear barrier makers and breakers with When Everything Feels Like the Movies and Ru did not have that distinction for me. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.