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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.
- 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:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Austin, Jack Unlikely Insider
- ISBN:
- 9780228016267
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