Lloyd Axelworthy

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1988 Election, Free Trade, and the Leadership

1988 Election, Free Trade, and the Leadership

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In this chapter, Axworthy discusses the 1988 Canadian election, a proposed free-trade agreement with the United States, and the 1990 Liberal leadership race that brought Jean Chrétien to power. 12 $1.20 Add
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A New Chapter

A New Chapter

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In this chapter, Axworthy intertwines his political ascent in the early 1980s with the formation of his relationship with Denise Ommanney. 7 $0.70 Add
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A Pivotal Period

A Pivotal Period

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In this chapter, Axworthy traces his years in the United States during the Kennedy era and the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. It examines the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the Nuclear … 17 $1.70 Add
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A Proposition for Canada

A Proposition for Canada

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In this chapter, Axworthy proposes a constitutional "Third Pillar" recognizing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis as founding peoples of Canada. 22 $2.20 Add
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Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship

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In this chapter, Axworthy discusses his formative years in federal politics between 1967 and 1969, from his role as policy assistant to John Napier Turner through the 1968 Liberal leadership … 14 $1.40 Add
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Changing Course

Changing Course

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In this chapter, Axworthy discusses his final years as Canada’s foreign minister from 1999 through the mid-2000s, focusing on the development of the Responsibility to Protect norm endorsed … 31 $3.10 Add
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Choices: Member of Parliament

Choices: Member of Parliament

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In this chapter, Axworthy traces the 1979 campaign in which he won the new riding of Winnipeg Fort Garry during a period of Liberal unpopularity under Pierre Elliott Trudeau. 6 $0.60 Add
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Epilogue

Epilogue

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In this epilogue, Axworthy uses the North Star as a metaphor for purpose and direction. 2 $0.20 Add
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Grassroots and Politics in Winnipeg

Grassroots and Politics in Winnipeg

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In this chapter, Axworthy discusses two episodes in early-1970s Winnipeg: the People’s Committee for a Better Neighbourhood’s successful 1971 relocation of a low-cost apartment block, … 12 $1.20 Add
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In the Beginning: A Time of War

In the Beginning: A Time of War

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In this chapter, Axworthy traces his childhood during the Second World War in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Born in 1939, he grew up in Winnipeg while his father served in Sicily and the Netherlands. 28 $2.80 Add
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Landmines: The Ottawa Treaty and Beyond

Landmines: The Ottawa Treaty and Beyond

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In this chapter, Axworthy discusses Canada’s role in launching the Ottawa Process in 1996 and the 1997 signing of a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. 21 $2.10 Add
Lloyd Axelworthy

Lloyd Axelworthy

My Life in Politics

Axworthy served as MLA in the Manitoba legislature for six years followed by twenty-one years in the House of Commons, more than half of those in the cabinets of Pierre Trudeau, John Turner, and … 322 View
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Memorable People and Places

Memorable People and Places

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In this chapter, Axworthy discusses his diplomatic encounters as Canada’s Foreign Minister in the late 1990s, spanning Princess Diana’s 1997 funeral, a dinner with Castro, and the … 23 $2.30 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

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In this prologue, Axworthy examines the moral deliberations behind Canada’s 1999 NATO intervention in Kosovo. 7 $0.70 Add
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Promise vs Reality

Promise vs Reality

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In this chapter, Axworthy traces the arc from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to Canada’s domestic political upheaval of the early 1990s. He examines the 1993 election, the Liberal … 21 $2.10 Add
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Reckonings

Reckonings

From: Lloyd Axelworthy

In this chapter, Axworthy reflects on Canada’s unfinished reckoning with Indigenous peoples, its waning influence on the world stage, and the erosion of participatory democracy at home. 23 $2.30 Add