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An Honourable Calling : Political Memoirs.
In this engaging and candid political memoir, Blakeney reflects on his four decades of public service, offering first-hand insights on the introduction of government-sponsored medicare, the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, and new approaches to natural resource development.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2008.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Winning Office
- 2 An Unlikely Chap
- 3 Nomination and the 1960 Election Campaign
- 4 Medicare
- 5 The Doctors' Strike, Its Aftermath, and Some Current Issues
- 6 Politics 1964 to 1971
- 7 In Office
- 8 Drills, Pills, Skills, Pancakes, and Parks
- 9 The Universities
- 10 Northern Saskatchewan
- 11 Agriculture and Rural Life
- 12 Oil
- 13 Potash
- 14 Uranium
- 15 Some Thoughts on Resource Policies
- 16 Constitution: Introduction
- 17 Constitution: The Week That Was
- 18 Constitution: Aftermath
- 19 Democracy after the Charter
- 20 Defeat
- 21 Academe and Beyond
- 22 Overseas
- 23 The Future
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Illustrations.