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Which Reminds Me. : A Memoir / Mitchell Sharp.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: HeritagePublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1994]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781487580193
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 971.064/3/092 20
LOC classification:
  • F1034.3.S53 A3 1994
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. From Winnipeg to Ottawa, 1911-1942 -- 2. In the Department of Finance, 1942-1950 -- 3. In the Department of Trade and Commerce, 1950-1958 -- 4. In Private Business, 1958-1963 -- 5. Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1963-1965 -- 6. Minister of Finance, 1965-1968 -- 7. Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1968-1974 -- 8. Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1968-1974 -- 9. President of the Privy Council and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, 1974-1976 -- 10. Non-political Activities, 1978-1988 -- 11. Learning to Be a Canadian -- Appendix One: Agenda, Kingston Conference, 6-10 September 1960 -- Appendix Two: Trilateral Commission Members, Canadian Group, 1976-1992 -- Index
Summary: Mitchell Sharp is best remembered as one of the most unpolitical of politicians - a public servant somehow co-opted into the political sphere without ever acquiring a partisan patina. In this engaging memoir, Sharp contemplates the unexpected turns of his public life, combining narrative with reflection on the nature of public service, and the nature of policy over the forty-five years of his career in government. Sharp gives a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up in depression-era Winnipeg, where he put himself through university while holding a full-time job and trained as an economist at a time when the breed was scarce. Sharp's career took him into the Ottawa mandarinate in the 1940s and 1950s, then the Toronto corporate world, and then Lester Pearson's cabinet in 1963. Sharp's experience as a politician, which lasted until 1978, was not uncontroversial: within the Liberal party he spoke for those who found Walter Gordon's nationalist economics impractical if not misleading. It was a clash of different styles, and different ideas, of Canadian nationalism - a clash in which Sharp's ideas prevailed. Later, Sharp was the man on the spot during the 1970 October crisis, and his description of those events adds significantly to our understanding of what happened, and why. As external affairs minister from 1968 to 1974, Sharp reshaped Canadian foreign policy to decrease dependence on the United States by promoting a diversified economy with increased trade overseas. Sharp's memoir will engross any reader with an interest in Canada's political history of the last half century. Clearly written, and with Sharp's characteristic dry candour, the book brings the characters and circumstances of Canada's history to life. Sharp's reflections on the role of the senior civil service, on relations with the media, on the rise of the Canadian deficit, and on other issues should find a place on any reading list concerned with the nature of Canadian government.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. From Winnipeg to Ottawa, 1911-1942 -- 2. In the Department of Finance, 1942-1950 -- 3. In the Department of Trade and Commerce, 1950-1958 -- 4. In Private Business, 1958-1963 -- 5. Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1963-1965 -- 6. Minister of Finance, 1965-1968 -- 7. Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1968-1974 -- 8. Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1968-1974 -- 9. President of the Privy Council and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, 1974-1976 -- 10. Non-political Activities, 1978-1988 -- 11. Learning to Be a Canadian -- Appendix One: Agenda, Kingston Conference, 6-10 September 1960 -- Appendix Two: Trilateral Commission Members, Canadian Group, 1976-1992 -- Index

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Mitchell Sharp is best remembered as one of the most unpolitical of politicians - a public servant somehow co-opted into the political sphere without ever acquiring a partisan patina. In this engaging memoir, Sharp contemplates the unexpected turns of his public life, combining narrative with reflection on the nature of public service, and the nature of policy over the forty-five years of his career in government. Sharp gives a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up in depression-era Winnipeg, where he put himself through university while holding a full-time job and trained as an economist at a time when the breed was scarce. Sharp's career took him into the Ottawa mandarinate in the 1940s and 1950s, then the Toronto corporate world, and then Lester Pearson's cabinet in 1963. Sharp's experience as a politician, which lasted until 1978, was not uncontroversial: within the Liberal party he spoke for those who found Walter Gordon's nationalist economics impractical if not misleading. It was a clash of different styles, and different ideas, of Canadian nationalism - a clash in which Sharp's ideas prevailed. Later, Sharp was the man on the spot during the 1970 October crisis, and his description of those events adds significantly to our understanding of what happened, and why. As external affairs minister from 1968 to 1974, Sharp reshaped Canadian foreign policy to decrease dependence on the United States by promoting a diversified economy with increased trade overseas. Sharp's memoir will engross any reader with an interest in Canada's political history of the last half century. Clearly written, and with Sharp's characteristic dry candour, the book brings the characters and circumstances of Canada's history to life. Sharp's reflections on the role of the senior civil service, on relations with the media, on the rise of the Canadian deficit, and on other issues should find a place on any reading list concerned with the nature of Canadian government.

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In English.

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