Library Articles
Navigating A New World: Canada’s Global Future, by Lloyd Axworthy. Toronto: A.A. Knopf Canada, 2003. 450 p. Paix des peuples, guerres des nations, par Thomas Friedman. Paris: Denoël, 2003. 516 p. Under The Banner Of Heaven: A Story Of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer. New York: Doubleday, 2003. 372 p. Dereliction Of Duty: The Eyewitness […]
Books
Shake Hands With The Devil, by LGen. Roméo Dallaire. Random House Canada, 562 pages, $39.95. Leo: A Life, by Sen. Leo Kolber with L. Ian MacDonald. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 314 pages. The Dark Side: The Professional Price Of A Political Life, by Steve Paikin. Penguin Group, a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc. 299 pages, […]
Last of the big-time Montreal Liberal bagmen
In the winter of 1972, Leo Kolber had an unforgettable conversation with Lester B. Pearson on a three-hour flight aboard the Bronfmans’ company jet to Florida to watch the Montreal Expos in spring training. Charles Bronfman had recently bought the team. Mr. Kolber was the manager of the Bronfman family’s trust and Pearson was the […]
Library Books
1. France-Québec: une comparaison de la population des sans-domicile usagers des services d’hébergement ou des distributions de repas, by Christel Aliaga et al. Santé, société et solidarité. pp. 97-113 nÅ¡ 1 2003. (nÅ¡ 26594) 2. Keeping Order In The House, by Dorothy Chisholm. Fifty-Five Plus 15:8-11 Oct. 2003. (no. 26540) 3. Cannabis Law Reform In […]
Inside look at Martin’s juggernaut
Your book Juggernaut: Paul Martin’s Campaign for Chrétien’s Crown is being touted as “the long-awaited political blockbuster of the season.” Why did you want to tell this story and what part of the book do you think will stick most with political Ottawa? “The publisher writes the promotional stuff, so I’ll leave the blockbuster characterizations […]
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1. Bélanger, Réal. Une premiére: un Canadien français dirige le Canada. Cap-aux-diamants nÅ¡ 73:24-8 printemps 2003. (nÅ¡ 25662) 2. Dodge, David. Keeping Canada Prosperous in an economically unsound world. Canadian speeches, issues of the day 17:4, 12-15 Mar./Apr. 2003. (no. 25624) 3. Quigley, Tim, Chuck Doucette et Pierre Lescadre. Drogues et crimimalité: reflexion sur la […]
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1. Le protocole de Kyoto, relance ou enlisement? Revue d’économie politique, par André Fourçans. 113:477-84 juil./août 2003. (nÅ¡ 26471) 2. Généalogie du terrorisme contemporain, par Patrice Gueniffey. Le débat nÅ¡ 126:156-73 sept./oct. 2003. (nÅ¡26469) 3. Blind Trust: How Much Do We Really Know About Canada’s Next Prime Minister, by Marci McDonald. The Walrus 1:38-57 Oct. […]
Juggernaut is West Wing material
Shortly before the 2000 election, when tensions were high between Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and his then finance minister Paul Martin in Ottawa, the Prime Minister summoned Mr. Martin up to his third-floor Centre Block office where the PM, Eddie Goldenberg and then chief of staff Jean Pelletier were waiting with a four-page memo that […]
Library Articles
“The Dark Art Of Interrogation,” by Mark Bowden. The Atlantic Monthly 292:51-8, 60 ff Oct. 2003. (no. 26387) L’agriculture prise au piège de la globalisation, par Jacques Gèlinas. Possible 27:66-82 automne 2003. (nÅ¡26407) “In The Name Of God: A Survey Of Islam And The West,” The Economist 368:1, 3-16 (Survey) Sept. 13, 2003. (no. 26389). […]
Probing the tortured psyche of Paul Martin Jr.
Our best political books often include memorable lines or bizarre anecdotes that become better known than the books themselves. Stephen Clarkson and Christina Newman opened their memorable work on Pierre Trudeau with the phrase “He haunts us still” — a line that does haunt us still, and is mouthed repeated by thousands of Canadians who […]
