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035			_a(DE-B1597)464649
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082	0	4	_a971.06/092
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aRobertson, Gordon _eautore
245	1	0	_aMemoirs of a Very Civil Servant : _bMackenzie King to Pierre Trudeau / _cGordon Robertson.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c[2001]
264		4	_c©2000
300			_a1 online resource (384 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
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347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
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520			_aBorn 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 1953 to 1963, he also became the first Deputy Minister of the new Department of Northern Affairs under Jean Lesage. In this memoir he presents a first-hand account of the events and personalities that shaped Canada during the critical post-war period.Robertson tells of Canada's development from colony to nation and the prime ministers who presided over the process. He provides an assessment of each prime minister in action: how they organized the cabinets, what their qualities were and how these related to their failures and successes. Himself influential in many areas of government, Robertson played a key role in the long debate on constitutional reform and national unity. Even after his retirement, he remained active as an unofficial contitutional networker.Gordon Robertson has written no ordinary memoir. Along with the key events and personalities of his day he describes the development of his own ideas about the nature of Canada and its constitutional future. The result is a significant historical document, one that brings much insight to the history of post-war Canada.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650		0	_aCivil service _zCanada _vBiography.
650		4	_aDISCOUNT-C.
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. _2bisacsh
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856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442677203
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442677203/original
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