TY  - GEN
T1  - An honourable calling : political memoirs
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Blakeney, Allan
LA  - English
PP  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
YR  - 2008
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn647920675
AB  - 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.
OP  - 258
NO  - Includes index.
CN  - F1072.B56 A3 2008eb
SN  - 9781442688254
SN  - 1442688254
SN  - 9781442693111
SN  - 1442693118
SN  - 9780802098917
SN  - 0802098916
KW  - Blakeney, Allan.
KW  - Blakeney, Allan
KW  - Prime ministers : Saskatchewan : Biography.
KW  - Federal government : Canada : History : 20th century.
KW  - Saskatchewan : Politics and government.
KW  - Canada : Politics and government : 20th century.
KW  - Canada : Politics and government : 1914-
KW  - Relations fédérales-provinciales (Canada) : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Premiers ministres : Saskatchewan : Biographies.
KW  - Saskatchewan : Politique et gouvernement : 1971-1982.
KW  - Canada : Politique et gouvernement : 20e siècle.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Historical.
KW  - HISTORY : Canada : General.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Personal Memoirs.
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Prime ministers
KW  - Canada
KW  - Saskatchewan
KW  - Since 1900
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
ER  -