Shelter: Homelessness in a Growth Economy
(Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership, 2007)

“After six years of work, [Laird] has produced a dispassionate, all-encompassing look at homelessness. While Shelter might be a cool, objective analysis, it’s bound to incite an emotional response from anyone who reads it. …Laird’s report is a call to action that must not be ignored. It should be required reading for every politician.”

"It is smart, hip and engaged. As such, this book gives readers a concise course on how the depletion of fossil fuels is about to change everyone's future. ...Gordon Laird takes a look at the fantastic and horrible things that happen in the world's borderlands 'just so that we can maintain the normalcy of energy networks.' Although the fossil-fuel economy may be cheap and versatile, it has never been democratic."
—The Globe and Mail

“Power astounds the casual reader... Laird’s fascinating and compelling tales highlight the arrogance of Canada’s power ideology as well as its inflexibility.”
—Andrew Nikiforuk

“It’s rare when reading that I’m shaken by revelations that seem worthy of a seer or prophet. Such insights await the reader of Gordon Laird’s prophetic Power…His is a refreshing, maverick view that breaks with the simplistic solutions championed by the anti-globalization movement.”
—John Bacher,

“Gordon Laird is a storyteller of astonishing talent…Power confirms his knack for a good yarn.”
—The Georgia Strait

“Timely and sweeping... An engaging and sobering treatment of a complex subject.”
—Canadian Geographic

“A compelling and original book. Laird understand the value of entertaining readers while informing them, so that although Slumming It at the Rodeo is as angry and effective an attack on right-wing politics as has been published in this country, the author never loses his cool or his good humour. ...A valuable primer for those puzzled Canadians who want to understand how politics works in this country.”
— Peter C. Newman

“A lively and insightful look at the rise of the Right. With wit and style, Gordon Laird shows that what parades as populism is really an extension of a slick corporate culture – and the negation of the democratic values it trumpets”
— Linda McQuaig