Not My Party: The rise and fall of Canadian Tories, from Robert Stanfield to Stephen Harper

Synopsis

Tom Mcmillan Indicts Stephen Harper For Destroying The Historic Canadian Conservative Party While Prime Minister And Party Leader, Accusing Him Of Turning A Force For Progressive Canadian Values Into An American Republican-style Vehicle For Right-wing Ideologues. He Urges Conservative Progressives To Reclaim Their Party From Right-wing Extremists And Revive Its Commitment To Nation-building And National Unity; To Re-brand Itself, Once Again, As Progressive Conservative.-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Searching For Progressive Conservatism: The Robert Stanfield Years -- 1. Politics In The Blood -- 2. An Unlikely Political Star: The Ascent Of Robert Stanfield -- 3. Stumbles, Fumbles, And Bumbles -- 4. The Politician And The Academic -- 5. Honeymooning In Niagara -- 6. Planned And Processed Policy -- 7. A Rose By Any Other Name -- 8. The Court And Keeper Of The Keys -- 9. Countdown To D-day: The 1972 National General Election -- 10. The Sausage Factory -- 11. Brains Trust -- 12. The Ear Of The Leader -- 13. Before The Fall -- 14. Of Mice And Men And Monopoly -- Pt. Ii Inside Looking Out: Progressive Conservatism In Action -- 15. The Opposition Years: Baptism Of Fire -- 16. Unlikely Atlantic Canadian Champion -- 17. Moose, Mountains, And Mounties -- 18. Pm, We Have To Stop Meeting Like This -- 19. Getting An Earful -- 20. Raindrops Keep Fallin' -- 21. South Moresby: A Tory Vision -- 22. Elizabeth May: My Mixed Blessing -- 23. Royal Visits, Royal Duties -- 24. The Mulroney Government -- 25. Rogues Gallery -- 26. Fighting The Home Fires -- 27. If It Moves, Pension It -- If Not, Pave It -- 28. The 1988 Federal Election -- Pt. Iii Outside Looking In: Conservatism From A New Perspective -- 29. Working For The Vatican -- 30. The Last Hurrahs -- 31. Conservatives In The Third Millennium. Tom Mcmillan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.