De L'Homme, Montreal, 2007. Couverture Souple Glacee Illu. Book Condition: Comme Neuf. 15 x 23 Cm. 1339 pages. M้moires de l'ancien premier ministre du Canada. Illustrations. L'amour de Brian Mulroney pour la politique ne s'est jamais d้menti. Jeune universitaire, il ้patait ses amis en joignant par t้l้phone le premier ministre John Diefenbaker. Plus tard, jeune avocat montr้alais, il conna๎t une ascension rapide au sein du Parti progressiste-conservateur au Qu้bec. En 1976, il perd la course au leadership du parti, mais remporte le match revanche en 1983. L'ann้e suivante, เ titre de chef de l'opposition, il m่ne la campagne la plus r้ussie de l'histoire de la politique canadienne, et il devient le premier ministre du Canada en septembre 1984. Cet ouvrage ้voque son enfance dans une famille modeste de Baie-Comeau et son ascension professionnelle comme avocat et homme d'affaires, puis relate sa carri่re politique เ Ottawa, d'abord dans l'opposition, ensuite au pouvoir. Dans ce compte rendu de sa carri่re, Brian Mulroney n'entend pas c้der เ la rancune, mais certains de ses adversaires regretteront s๛rement les pages qu'il leur consacre. Le lecteur aura le sentiment d'un rapport direct avec Brian Mulroney et tombera sous le charme de ce raconteur hors pair. Twenty-four years ago, former Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley acญcused Prime Minister Brian Mulroญney of lying to him outright about a 20-year maintenance contract for CF-18 fighter jets. At the time, Pawley didn't have the paperwork to prove it. Now he does. Cabinet documents obtained by the Winnipeg Free Press through an access request show Mulroney was briefed regularly throughout the summer of 1986 about the matter, which saw Manitoba-based Bristol Aerospace ultimately lose out on a 20-year, $100-million contract to Quebec-based Canadair. Memos suggest he was heavily involved in figuring out alternative plans and consolation prizes to reduce the outcry he and his government knew would result from favouring a Quebec-based firm that hadn't actually won the competition on merit. But when Pawley spoke by phone to Mulroney about the contract on Oct. 23, 1986, Mulroney assured him not only had a decision not been made, Mulroney hadn't even been brought up to speed on what was happening. "He said he hadn't even studied the file," said Pawley. In fact, the documents show Mulroney was informed about the contract and the recommendation it go to Canadair on June 16, more than four months earlier, and he knew as early as Oct. 9, that a decision had been made. The cabinet and Mulroney's senior staff had spent much of the previous five months embroiled in battles over it. Read the lies here..in French!
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