LEADER 04757nam 2200685 450 001 9910455494003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-03707-2 010 $a9786612037078 010 $a1-4426-7720-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442677203 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004193 035 $a(OCoLC)288107076 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000303013 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303013 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10276167 035 $a(PQKB)11438134 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600594 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671721 035 $a(DE-B1597)464649 035 $a(OCoLC)979584759 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442677203 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257421 035 $a(OCoLC)815768967 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004193 100 $a20160921h20002000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMemoirs of a very civil servant $eMackenzie King to Pierre Trudeau /$fGordon Robertson 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2000. 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (437 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-4445-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPART ONE. From the Prairies to Ottawa, 1917-1941 -- $t1. From the Prairies to Oxford, 1917-1938 -- $t2. From Oxford to Ottawa, 1938-1941 -- $tPART TWO. External Affairs and Mackenzie King, 1941-1948 -- $t3. The Department of External Affairs, 1941-1945 -- $t4. Working for Mackenzie King, 1945-1948 -- $tPART THREE. Louis St Laurent and a New North, 1948-1963 -- $t5. Working with Louis St Laurent, 1948-1953 -- $t6. Canada Discovers the North, 1953-1957 -- $t7. Governing the Northwest Territories, 1953-1957 -- $t8. The Territories under the Vision, 1958-1963 -- $t9. The Emerging North -- $tPART FOUR. 'Mike' Pearson and a Changing Canada, 1963-1968 -- $t10. Pearson and the Quiet Revolution -- $t11. The Symbols and Structure of Canada -- $tPART FIVE. Winds of Change with Pierre Trudeau, 1968-1980 -- $t12. Pierre Trudeau and a New Style of Governing, 1968-1970 -- $t13. Trudeau and the Constitution, 1968-1979 -- $t14. Transition and Change, 1978-1980 -- $tPart Six. Trudeau's 'Power Play,' Meech Lake, and the Charlottetown Accord, 1980-1992 -- $t15. The Trudeau Power Play, 1980-1982 -- $t16. Away from Government -- $t17. Meech Lake: The Best Hope Lost -- $t18. Meech Lake Dead: Where Next? -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aBorn in Saskatchewan in 1917, Gordon Robertson worked at the centre of government power from 1945 until his retirement in 1979. He worked directly with Prime Ministers King, St-Laurent, Pearson, and Trudeau, serving as senior advisor to the latter two. Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 1953 to 1963, he also became the first Deputy Minister of the new Department of Northern Affairs under Jean Lesage. In this memoir he presents a first-hand account of the events and personalities that shaped Canada during the critical post-war period.Robertson tells of Canada's development from colony to nation and the prime ministers who presided over the process. He provides an assessment of each prime minister in action: how they organized the cabinets, what their qualities were and how these related to their failures and successes. Himself influential in many areas of government, Robertson played a key role in the long debate on constitutional reform and national unity. Even after his retirement, he remained active as an unofficial contitutional networker.Gordon Robertson has written no ordinary memoir. Along with the key events and personalities of his day he describes the development of his own ideas about the nature of Canada and its constitutional future. The result is a significant historical document, one that brings much insight to the history of post-war Canada. 606 $aCivil service$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political$2bisacsh 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y1945- 607 $aCanada$xOfficials and employees$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil service 615 7$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. 676 $a971.06/092 700 $aRobertson$b Gordon$f1917-$01057165 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455494003321 996 $aMemoirs of a very civil servant$92492136 997 $aUNINA