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The mighty Hughes : from prairie lawyer to western Canada's moral compass : a biography of E.N. "Ted" Hughes /
"An in-depth look at the life and career of retired judge and conflict-of-interest commissioner Ted Hughes, whose unflinching integrity earned him the reputation as Canada's moral compass. Throughout his sixty-year career, Ted Hughes has been a model of ethical conduct in the Canadian judi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Victoria ; Vancouver ; Calgary :
Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- pt. I. Saskatchewan; Origins
- University and a growing interest in politics
- Helen
- Country lawyer and budding politician
- A powerful patron
- Family
- Judge Hughes
- Life means life
- Marriage
- Hospitals
- Thatcher v. Thatcher
- A new opportunity and a bitter crash
- pt. II. British Columbia; A new beginning : from master of the court to civil servant
- Breaking down barriers
- Rising from conflict
- Calling the cops : Peter toigo and the Expo lands
- Making room at the top for BC
- Blue boxes, secret tapes and the wild west
- Fantasy gardens
- Vander Zalm : round two
- Conflict commissioner : some honourable members
- Smackdown
- pt. III. Canada and First Nations
- Payback : Harvey Pollock and Indigenous justice
- Hate and death
- Riot
- APEC and Chretien : the national arena
- Residential schools
- Stan Hagen and the moral fixer
- Loss
- Lighting a candle
- Positive press : the benefits of lifelong affair with newsapers
- Never shy or retiring
- Appendix 1. List of reports by E.N. "Ted" Hughes
- Appendix 2. Awards presented to E.N. "Ted" Hughes.