Cover
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: My Early Years
My Early Interest in Politics
Politics in Manitoba in the 1950s
Continuing with My Education
My Campaign to Stop the Creation of the NDP
Practising Law in Manitoba’s Interlake
The Unexpected Launch of a Political Career: The 1969 Victory
Chapter 2: Baptism by Fire
The Reaction
The Introduction of Bill 56 for Second Reading
The Desjardins Factor
Chapter 3: A New Role
The Churchill Forest Industries Fiasco
Human Rights Amendments
The Struggle for Equality
Chapter 4: Recipe for Success
An Interim Leader
Running for Party Leader
Troubles Surface
The Road to the Premiership and Government
Building a Successful Opposition
Preparing to Govern
Chapter 5: Assuming the Reins of Governance and Power
The Brighter Side
The Strategy: The Road for a Successful Campaign
A Rough Start
The Campaign
Heading Toward Victory
The Results
Assuming the Reins of Government
Caucus
Senior Public Servants
Aims for a New Government
Management of a Provincial Economy
Economic Policy Launched in 1981
Social Contract
The Environment
Some History of the Dispute
The Political Fallout
Chapter 7: The Challenges Confronting Us
A Positive Setting for the 1986 Election
Limestone Is Launched
Looking Ahead to the Next Election
The 1986 Election
The Battle to Protect Sexual Orientation in the Human RightsAct Amendments
The Environment Is Number One, 1986–1988
The Manitoba High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Act
National Task Force on Environment and Economy
Labour: Final Offer Selection
Chapter 8: Manitoba on the Federal Scene
The CF-18 Fiasco
Free Trade: The Deal that Changed Canada
Chapter 9: The Meech Lake Accord
Quebec’s Journey to Manitoba
A Day at Meech Lake
Trudeau Speaks Out
Chapter 10: My Life as a Politician
Transparency is Essential in Politics
Solid Economic Accomplishments: An Economic Assessment
Success on the Social Justice Front before the Fall
Ominous Storm Clouds Emerge
The Loss of Confidence
Epilogue: You Will Win
Chapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Index