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He cast himself as the ultimate insider, Parliament Hill's man in the know. It made him a household name and one of the Canada's best¬paid journalists. But Duffy wanted to get even closer and lobbied his way into the Canadian Senate, with dire results. Veteran journalist Dan Leger tells the story of Duffy's rise to the top in Canadian media, his entanglement with the Harper Conservatives, and the scandal that made him one of the most controversial...
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A compelling political memoir by one of the most inspiring women of her generation, Jody Wilson-Raybould. Inspired by her grandmother who persevered throughout her life to keep alive the governing traditions of her people, and raised as the daughter of a hereditary chief and Indigenous leader, Wilson-Raybould always knew she would take on leadership roles and responsibilities. She never thought those roles would lead to a journey from her home community...
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Penguin Group (Canada)
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In this volume of the Extraordinary Canadians series, the Giller Prize winning author and emergency-room physician examines the life of the "Father of Medicare" and the "greatest Canadian of all time", Tommy Douglas. Print run 5,000.
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University of Ottawa Press
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The relationship between achievement and service is complicated. This is particularly true for women because they are generally--not always--recognized for what they do for others as mother, wife, nurse, and teacher, but recognition for the many contributions they make in other roles, as lawyer, doctor, scientist, musician, businessperson, artist, politician, academic and so on is acknowledged far less frequently. Indeed, women who accomplish great...
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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"Jack Austin served as a cabinet minister in both the Trudeau and Martin governments and represented British Columbia for over three decades in the Senate. In the 1970s, he served as federal deputy minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources (during the oil crisis), and then Principal Secretary to Trudeau Sr., who later became a travelling companion. Since 2008, he has been an honorary professor at UBC's Institute of Asian Research. His memoir, Unlikely...
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