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An inside account of Paul Martin's decades-long campaign for the prime minister's chair: how he did it, at what cost, and where he will take the country in the years ahead
UNKNOWN
October 2004
368 pages
ISBN: 0771026056
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
The most riveting political contest of the past decade has
not been fought at the polling booths, nor on the floor of
the House of Commons: it has been waged, mostly out of
sight, within the palace ranks of the ruling Liberal Party. In the early 1990s, Jean Chrïetien and Paul Martin forged a
political alliance that kept the Liberals comfortably in
power and the Opposition in disarray: Martin's fundamental
retooling of government spending and winning economic
policies gave lustre to Christien's leadership;
Christien's support for his star minister gave Martin a
pedestal for his
larger ambitions. Those ambitions could not be higher. Since the early
eighties, Martinïes interest in political office has meant
interest in the prime ministerïes office. At the 1990
leadership convention, however, he finished second to
Chrïetien. Their corrosive rivalry and very different
political styles could not be buried for long: their duel
for supremacy ïe played out only partly in public view ïe
culminated in the infamous weekend in June 2002 when Martin
was fired ïe or did he walk? ïe from Chretiïenïes cabinet. Juggernaut charts in intimate detail Martinïes long journey
to the leadership now within his grasp. Central to that
story is the role played by Martinïes corps of committed
kingmakers ïe public relations experts, savvy pollsters, and
true believers -who will have enormous influence on the
prime ministership to be. Based on extraordinary access to players from all camps,
Juggernaut offers Canadians an inside account of the rise of
the man now poised to take power, how he got there, at what
cost, and where he will take the country in the years ahead.
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