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“A very intense meeting”
From: The Coutts Diaries
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In this chapter, Graham examines March and April 1981, documenting the constitutional crisis as Pierre Trudeau attempted to pass unilateral reforms through Parliament, despite opposition from eight provincial premiers and a conservative filibuster (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudea’s prinicpal secretary).
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Ron Graham
Ron Graham is an author and journalist based in Toronto. He has written extensively over many decades on Canadian politics, history, religion, business, and culture. His books include One-Eyed Kings, God's Dominion, The French Quarter, and The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau, the Gang of Eight, and the Fight for Canada. In addition to his own writings, he edited two volumes of memoirs by Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien; The Essential Trudeau, with Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau; and the autobiography of Hon. Bill Graham. He has served as a president of PEN Canada, a trustee of the Royal Ontario Museum, and a director of various arts and educational foundations. His latest book, The Informal Imperialist, examines the photographs of a British agent at the court of King Mindon in Mandalay, Burma, 1861-1879.
