Greg Sorbara

The Battlefield of Ontario Politics (eBook, ePUB)

An Autobiography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

2015 Speaker's Book Award - Shortlisted

Greg Sorbara presents a front-row seat to some of the most significant changes in Ontario politics.

Greg Sorbara has enjoyed one of the most successful careers of any Ontario politician, and in two different Liberal administrations. He was appointed minister of finance by Premier Dalton McGuinty in 2003, and served as campaign chair for the Liberals' three consecutive election victories - the first time that had happened in more than a century.

First elected in 1985, Sorbara was also in the cabinet of Premier David Peterson - the first Liberal leader elected in Ontario in forty-two years. Through his quarter-century of public life in the province, Sorbara had an enviable record of introducing new policies to help Ontarians, while having the guts to raise taxes to pay for those programs. A reinvigorated health-care system, the Ontario Child Benefit, and a subway to York University all have Sorbara's fingerprints on them.

In Greg Sorbara: The Battlefield of Ontario Politics, the author brings you into the back rooms of the Ontario Liberal Party as some of the most significant changes in Ontario's political history are made. He also gives readers an insider's view of his party's election strategies and dispels the myths surrounding the controversial gas plants cancellations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459724631
• Artikelnr.: 41860459

Autorenporträt

Greg Sorbara served in two Liberal administrations and was Ontario's minister of finance from 2003 to 2007. He most recently represented the riding of Vaughan as a member of the legislative assembly of Ontario until his retirement in 2012. He lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
11 Preface
13 Introduction
15 1: From the Foot of Italy to the Steps of Queen's Park
20 2: The Peterson Years
31 3: The 1992 Leadership
47 4: Back with a Vengeance
63 5: Choosing Change: The 2003 Election
75 6: A Finance Minister's Treasury
89 7: Cleared! A Return to Cabinet
109 8: Politics and the HST
120 9: A Major Minority: The 2011 Election
129 10: Departures
153 11: The Truth About Gas Plants
167 12: Premier Kathleen Wynne
175 13: What's Ahead
192 Appendix 1: Who Does the Real Work?
200 Appendix 2: List of Staff Members
209 Appendix 3: A Letter from My Father
214 Index
215