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Mansbridge, Peter,
323

Martin, Paul

character,
261

and Clarity Act,
244

differences with Chrétien,
244
,
249
,
251
,
252
–
55

as finance minister,
202
,
241

and Gomery Commission,
260
–
61
,
263

and Ignatieff,
284

and January 2006 election,
264

and June 2004 election,
263
–
64

leadership ambitions,
247
,
251
,
253
–
59

leadership convention (1990),
240

leadership convention (2000),
248

leadership convention (2003),
259
–
60

as prime minister,
262

similarity to Carter,
264
–
65

Mazankowski, Don,
100

McAdam, Pat,
99

McCain, John,
287

McCourt, Mike,
82
,
129

McGaw, Jack,
80

McKinnon, Steve,
261

McNeil, Robert,
132

McPhail, Ian,
232

McTeer, Maureen,
98
,
103

media

coverage in internet age,
288

mainstream,
288
–
89

medicare.
See
health care, universal

Meech Lake Accord,
183
,
193
–
94
,
198

Meese, Ed,
145

Michaluk, Tom,
267

Minifie, James M.,
41

Morgan, Gwyn,
275

Morse, Eric,
121
–
22

Mulcair, Thomas,
298
–
99

Mulroney, Brian,
203
,
240

1988 election,
191
–
93

and Charlottetown Accord,
194

and CO,
188
–
89

and free trade,
193

goods and services tax,
194

leadership convention (1983),
187

and the media,
185
–
86
,
190

and Meech Lake,
183
,
193
–
94

PC leadership ambitions,
96
–
97

personality and image,
189
–
90
,
195
,
198

resignation,
196
–
97

and Schreiber,
188
,
197
–
98

U.S. interest in,
143
,
145

Mulroney, Mila,
143
,
190

Munson, Jim,
188
–
89

Munsinger, Gerda,
84

Murrow, Edward R.,
165

N

Nash, Knowlton,
55
–
56
,
67

New Democratic Party,
39
,
45
,
297
–
99
,
303

Newman, Don,
191

Newman, Kevin,
184

news coverage, changes in,
288
–
89

Newsworld,
289

Nicaragua,
169
–
73

Noriega, Manuel,
179
,
180

O

Obama, Barack,
287

Oliver, Anne-Marie,
209
,
318

Oliver, Annie Claire,
321

Oliver, Craig

appointment to Ottawa bureau,
81

canoe trips,
105
–
26
,
214
–
35
,
304
–
16
,
317

CBC employment,
26
–
38
,
41
,
43
–
49
,
52
–
58
,
59
–
67

Centennial Medal award,
54

as chief political correspondent,
277

CTV hiring,
67

early years,
4
–
19

fascination with radio,
18
,
26

glaucoma,
130
–
31
(
See also
Oliver, Craig: vision problems)

grandparents,
2
–
3

high school years,
19
–
23

horseback riding,
211
–
13

interest in politics,
36

love life,
33
,
50
,
51
,
81
,
129
,
131
,
147
–
50

marriage (first),
51
–
52

marriage (second),
209
–
10

and navy reserve,
20
–
22

Ottawa post,
184
–
85

parents,
1
–
2
,
3
,
6
–
7

post–high school education,
37
–
38

South American posts,
156
–
80

television experiences, early,
44
–
46
,
54
–
56

vision problems,
222
,
317
–
28

Washington post,
126
–
27
,
128
–
55

Oliver, Craig (of NPR and PBS),
137

Oliver, Elizabeth.
See also
Oliver, Craig: parents

background,
2
–
3

and Bing Crosby,
32

career advice,
63
,
66
,
67

and Chrétien,
239

and CO wedding,
51

and Dahl,
6
,
16
,
23
,
103
–
4

death,
308
–
9

drinking problems,
104
,
150
,
209
–
11

as entrepreneur,
16
,
18
–
19
,
104

generosity of,
20

illnesses,
16
,
211
,
304
,
308

leaves her marriage,
6

and McTeer,
98

rescues CO,
15
–
16
,
22

visits CO (1962),
49
–
50

Oliver, Linda (first wife),
51
,
52

Oliver, Murray (father),
2
.
See also
Oliver, Craig: parents

bootlegging and gambling career,
13
–
14

death of,
50

support of CO,
15
,
23

Oliver, Murray (son),
52
,
53
,
231
,
232
,
233
,
266
,
267

Olsen, Caroline Stewart,
271
,
273
,
274
,
279

O'Neill, Julie,
146

Orchard, David,
208

Ortega, Daniel,
171

Ouimet, Alphonse,
59

Outside Broadcasts Department,
36
,
37
,
44
,
47
–
48
,
51
,
53

P

parliamentary press gallery,
83
–
84
,
273
–
74

Parti Québécois,
74
,
302

Patterson, R.M.,
108
,
109

Pearson, Lester B.,
39
,
116
,
249

Pelletier, Gérard,
116
,
311

Pelletier, Jean,
116
,
122
,
242
–
43
,
248
,
255

Perry, Norm,
71

Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
56
,
57

Phillips, Bruce,
81
–
83
,
184

Pitfield, Michael,
259

Power Corporation,
261

Prentice, Jim,
208
,
281

Prince Rupert,
3
–
4
,
5
,
8
–
9

Prince Rupert Daily News,
48

Pringle, Valerie,
71

Purchase, Bill,
204

Q

Quebec referendum (1995),
243
–
44

Question Period,
188
,
257
,
264
,
274
,
277
–
79
,
280
,
281
,
282
,
285
,
292

Quiet Revolution,
48
,
54

R

Rabin, Yitzhak,
245

Rae, Bob,
199
,
286
,
294
,
301
,
302

Rae, John,
261
–
62

Reagan, Nancy,
133
,
134
,
136
–
37
,
138

Reagan, Ronald,
128
–
29
,
133
–
34
,
136
–
37
,
138
–
41
,
142
,
150
–
55
,
189
,
190
,
211

Redman, Frank,
11

Reform Party of Canada,
202
,
203

Reilly, Peter,
64

Reynolds, John,
208

Rideau Canal and Arctic Canoe Club,
110
–
26
,
214
–
35

Rinaldo, Sandie,
147
,
148

Roberts, R.H. “Herb,”
37

Robertson, Lloyd,
59

and
Across Canada,
53

as CBC anchor,
72

Eye Institute fundraiser,
327

and horseback riding,
212
–
13
,
325

interviews with Chrétien,
250
,
251
,
252

leaders' debate (2004),
264

Liberal leadership convention (2003),
259

Liberal leadership convention (2006),
286
–
87

moves to CTV,
76
,
77

and Mulroney resignation,
197

Trudeau funeral,
313

unhappiness at CBC,
75
–
76

Robinson, Michael,
262

Robinson, Mike,
185

Rock, Allan,
115
,
230
,
256
,
314

Romero, Óscar,
158

Roosevelt, Theodore,
132

Roy, Patrice,
268

Royal Ottawa Golf Club,
83

royal tours

Elizabeth II, 1964,
48
–
49

royal family, 1970,
56
–
57

S

Safire, William,
143

Saltzman, Percy,
68
,
69
–
71

Saskatchewan legislature,
36
,
38
,
43
–
44

Schaber, Wally,
310
,
311

Schlesinger, Joe,
54
,
56
,
57
,
135

Schreiber, Karlheinz,
188
,
197

Scott, Gail,
82

Shamrock Summit,
190

Shoyama, Tom,
39

Silcox, David,
113
,
116
,
119
,
218
,
219
,
222
,
223
,
231
,
232

Sinclair, James,
88
,
89

Sinclair, Lister,
59

Sinclair, Margaret,
88
–
89
.
See also
Trudeau, Margaret

Skinner, “Brick,”
10
–
11

Skinner, Jimmy,
11

Skinner, Mabel,
10
–
11
,
15

Smith, Brian,
323

Smith, David,
249

Smith, Howard K.,
165

Smith, Jack,
165
,
166
,
167

Solberg, Monte,
237
,
280

Somalia Inquiry,
247

Somoza Debayle, Anastasio,
169

Soudas, Dimitri,
283

Speaker, Ray,
205

sponsors, infl uence of,
79
–
81

Stanfield, Robert,
47
,
74
,
100

Star Wars,
151
,
152
,
153
,
154

Stollery, Peter,
112
,
215
,
222
,
225
,
313
,
318
,
320

Strategic Defense Initiative,
151
,
152

Streisand, Barbra,
88

Stronach, Belinda,
275

T

Taber, Jane,
277
,
281

Taylor, Carole,
68
,
69
–
71
,
80

Taylor, Gordon,
99

Teskey, Laureen,
271

Thatcher, Margaret,
173

Thatcher, Ross,
42
–
43
,
54
,
55

Tobin, Brian,
287

Today
show,
66

Todd, Clark,
65

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