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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456776703321

Autore

Blakeney Allan

Titolo

An honourable calling : political memoirs / / Allan Blakeney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-8825-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

971.24/03092

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Saskatchewan

Federal government - Canada - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Saskatchewan Politics and government

Canada Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- 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 -- 21 Academe and Beyond -- 23 The Future -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

As Premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, Allan Blakeney played a pivotal role in the shaping of modern Canada. 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. Blakeney provides not only a vibrant picture of the Canadian political landscape, but also



vivid portraits of some of Canada's most fascinating political personalities including Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chrétien, René Lévesque, Tommy Douglas, Bill Davis, and Peter Lougheed. He supplies an insider's account of the controversial struggle between the federal and provincial governments as they attempted to reach a compromise in the creation of the Canadian Constitution. Relying on his career-long experience as a medicare advocate, including his work with Tommy Douglas, Blakeney comments on current public medicare issues such as how to finance health care, and the role, if any, of a parallel private system. An Honourable Calling is a thoughtful commentary on many of the central issues in Canadian politics from the last half of the twentieth century and offers perceptive insights into some of the challenges facing Canadians in the decades ahead.