A public purpose : an experience of Liberal opposition and Canadian government / Tom Kent.

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Main Author: Kent, Tom, 1922-
Other title:Experience of Liberal opposition and Canadian government.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1988.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART ONE: GETTING DEFEATED
  • 1 Coming From
  • 2 Do as I Say ...
  • 3 The Press in Politics
  • 4 Howe's Canada
  • 5 The 1957 Election
  • PART TWO: REMAKING A PARTY
  • 6 Getting Involved
  • 7 No Bigger Mistake
  • 8 The First Platform
  • 9 Transition to Kingston
  • 10 Rallying
  • 11 Preparing an Election
  • PART THREE: GETTING ELECTED
  • 12 The '62 Campaign
  • 13 All Good Men ...
  • 14 Organizing Opposition
  • 15 The Nuclear Error
  • 16 Victory, of a Sort
  • PART FOUR: BEGINNING TO GOVERN
  • 17 Fifty-Two Days.
  • 18 Retreat and ReorganizationPART FIVE: DOING WHAT WE SAID
  • 19 Pensions: The Phoney Stage
  • 20 Co-operative Federalism
  • 21 Sixteen Days in April
  • 22 The CPP Achieved
  • 23 The Federal State
  • 24 Cabinet Shuffles
  • 25 The World Outside
  • 26 Publications
  • 27 The Flag and the Death Wish
  • 28 Success, but Short Vision
  • 29 At War
  • 30 Medicare
  • PART SIX: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  • 31 Failures, and Turnabout
  • 32 Changing Structures
  • 33 Baby on the Doorstep
  • 34 Battle Lost, War to Win
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F.
  • Gh
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