Preston Manning and the Reform Party
The rise and persistence of the Reform Party and its successor the Canadian Alliance has indelibly altered the traditional structures of party politics in Canada. This book profiles Preston Manning, tracing his roots in the Social Credit movement in Alberta, exploring his career before Reform, examining his connections to big business and shadowy right-wing organisations. It details the genesis of Reform policies on key issues from the GST to Quebec. Preston Manning claims the Reform Party arose out of grass roots populism: yet it grew from one man's political aspiration, and was run by a leader who, with the help of a small cabal, made all the key decisions. This book probes the apparent contradictions at the heart of Reform/Canadian Alliance's early years. Preston Manning and the Reform Party is an eye-opening account of the realignment of Canadian politics engendered by the emergence of the Reform Party.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:155028357X
ISBN13:9781550283570
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Lorimer
Length:230 Pages
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An in-depth, critical look at the far-right roots of Reform.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Dobbin is a long-established journalist from the province of Saskatchewan. This books examines the political historical roots of the Western Canadian based Reform Party tracing it to the old Social Credit Party of Alberta. Social Credit was, of course, founded by evangelical Christians in the 1930s in response to the Great Depression. It had populist roots but policies quite different from the socialistic ones of left populism founded by the CCF in neighbouring Saskatchewan (the forerunner to Canada's current social democratic party--the NDP). Preston Manning's father eventually became Premier of Alberta and Dobbin's book traces the former's personal development in that context.What Dobbin also identifies in detail is the funding of Reform by many business interests including some wealthy individuals who supported apartheid in South Africa. His presentation is well-documented but also written in a very popular style.
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