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  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 9 March 2009
  • Copyright Year: 2009
  • ISBN: 9781552774069
  • Edition: 2
  • Page Count: 248
  • Dimensions: 6" x 9"

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Ignatieff’s World Updated

Iggy goes to Ottawa

by Denis Smith

A revised and up-dated political biography of the new leader of the federal Liberal party.

Federal politics have been transformed by the rapid decline of the Canadian economy and Michael Ignatieff's emergence as the leader of the Liberal party. But when it comes to policy matters, how different is Ignatieff from Stephen Harper?

In this book Denis Smith examines Michael Ignatieff 's track record in the US and the UK, as a thinker and public intellectual. In this new edition, Denis Smith adds three substantial chapters examining Ignatieff's actions in the past two years as a leading member of the Liberal opposition. He tracks Ignatieff 's actions during the days when the Liberal-NDP coalition emerged to challenge the Harper Tories. And he takes his account through to Ignatieff's decision to support the Harper government and its January 2009 budget.

Smith offers his answer to the question Canadians need to ask: is Ignatieff an alternative to Stephen Harper? Or his ideological clone?

About the Author

DENIS SMITH has had a distinguished career as a professor of Canadian politics, university administrator, and author. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Canadian Studies from 1966 to 1975 and editor of the Canadian Forum from 1975 to 1979. His books include a biography of Liberal cabinet minister Walter Gordon, Gentle Patriot and of Conservative prime minister John Diefenbaker in Rogue Tory, both of which won the UBC Medal for Canadian Biography.

Subjects (BISAC)

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political

Subjects

Canadian Biography, Canadian Biography: Political, Social Sciences: Journalism and Media

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