Memoirs of a Very Civil Servant : : Mackenzie King to Pierre Trudeau / / Gordon Robertson.
Born 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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART ONE. From the Prairies to Ottawa, 1917-1941
- 1. From the Prairies to Oxford, 1917-1938
- 2. From Oxford to Ottawa, 1938-1941
- PART TWO. External Affairs and Mackenzie King, 1941-1948
- 3. The Department of External Affairs, 1941-1945
- 4. Working for Mackenzie King, 1945-1948
- PART THREE. Louis St Laurent and a New North, 1948-1963
- 5. Working with Louis St Laurent, 1948-1953
- 6. Canada Discovers the North, 1953-1957
- 7. Governing the Northwest Territories, 1953-1957
- 8. The Territories under the Vision, 1958-1963
- 9. The Emerging North
- PART FOUR. 'Mike' Pearson and a Changing Canada, 1963-1968
- 10. Pearson and the Quiet Revolution
- 11. The Symbols and Structure of Canada
- PART FIVE. Winds of Change with Pierre Trudeau, 1968-1980
- 12. Pierre Trudeau and a New Style of Governing, 1968-1970
- 13. Trudeau and the Constitution, 1968-1979
- 14. Transition and Change, 1978-1980
- Part Six. Trudeau's 'Power Play,' Meech Lake, and the Charlottetown Accord, 1980-1992
- 15. The Trudeau Power Play, 1980-1982
- 16. Away from Government
- 17. Meech Lake: The Best Hope Lost
- 18. Meech Lake Dead: Where Next?
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index