From Bourassa to Bourassa : wilderness to restoration / L. Ian MacDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, L. Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bourassa, Robert, 1933-1996.

Bourassa, Robert.

Ryan, Claude.

Parti libéral du Québec.

Politicians--Québec (Province)--Biography.

Politicians.

Québec (Province)--Politics and government--1960-.

Québec (Province).

Canada--Politics and government--1945-.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert Bourassa, a pariah after losing power to the separatist Parti Québécois in the 1976 election, emerged a decade later from political exile to lead his party back to power. As he said: "I succeeded my successor." Claude Ryan, formerly the respected publisher of Le Devoir, had led the Quebec Liberal Party and the federalist coalition to a decisive victory in the 1980 referendum on Quebec sovereignty, but the uneasy alliance of Ryan and Pierre Trudeau did not survive the prime minister's unilateral patriation of the Canadian constitution. This contributed to Ryan's defeat in the 1981 Quebec election and to Bourassa's restoration. First published to critical acclaim in 1984, this second edition of From Bourassa to Bourassa brings the story up-to-date, recounting Bourassa's landslide election victory in 1985 and his subsequent role in the Meech Lake Accord and the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the two issues that largely defined the decade of the 1980s for Quebec and for Canada.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

“A Change May Be in the Order of Things”

The Liberal Establishment: Picking Up the Pieces

“This Damn Word Irrevocable”

Draft Ryan

Insider, Outsider

Scarves and Balloons

The Ryan Express

Observe, Judge, Act

Non Merci!

Yvette

Le oui et le non

The Cousins

Ryan and Trudeau: Two Hardheads

The Heirs of Lord Acton

Elliott: The Favorite Son

The Big Village: May 20, 1980

The Silent Spring

Ryan: The Final Days

Bourassa Redux

From Bourassa to Bourassa

Second Debut

Miracle at Meech Lake

Deal at Dawn

Such Good Friends

Annus Horribilis, 1990

Epilogue

List of Interviewees

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Earlier ed. published under title: From Bourassa to Bourassa : a pivotal decade in Canadian history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-351) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86055-0

9786612860553

0-7735-7032-2

OCLC:

244764392