From Bourassa to Bourassa [[electronic resource] ] : wilderness to restoration / / L. Ian MacDonald

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821425903321
• Autore: MacDonald L. Ian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-282-86055-0; 9786612860553; 0-7735-7032-2
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.4/04
• Soggetti: Politicians - Québec (Province); Québec (Province) Politics and government 1960-; Canada Politics and government 1945-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Earlier ed. published under title: From Bourassa to Bourassa : a pivotal decade in Canadian history.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-351) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.