Unlikely insider : a West Coast advocate in Ottawa / Jack Austin ; with Edie Austin ; foreword by Paul E. Martin.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Austin, Jack, author.

Contributor:

• Austin, Edie, contributor.
• Martin, Paul E., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Legislators.
• Legislators--Canada--Biography.
• Politicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

When too may political leaders around the world are consolidating power by playing on divisions and stoking fear, Unlikely Insider, a memoir by former federal cabinet minister and senator Jack Austin, shows a way forward for Canada. It comes as a welcome reminder of the value of public service as a force for economic progress, social justice, and nation-building.

Contents:

• Cover
• Unlikely Insider
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Photographs
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 Becoming a British Columbian
• 2 The Influence of Art Laing
• 3 Ups and Downs in a Resource Economy
• 4 Deputy Minister in the Eye of the Storm: An Oil Crisis, and More
• 5 Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
• 6 The Evolving Senate
• 7 The Expo 86 Backstory
• 8 One Minister, Many Files
• 9 My Introduction to China
• 10 Building the Canada-China Relationship
• 11 The American Elephant and the Aztec Eagle
• 12 Recognition and Reconciliation
• 13 Travels with Pierre
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index.

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Austin, Jack Unlikely Insider

ISBN:

9780228016267