The Way It Works: Inside Ottawa

By Eddie Goldenberg

Book Overview

Here, the ultimate insider takes you behind the scenes in Ottawa, showing how things really work. After thirty years spent in a wide range of departments, the last ten of them in the Prime Minister's Office, Eddie Goldenberg has seen it all. From the problems of Opposition to the challenges of choosing a cabinet, from many examples of what actually happens around the cabinet table to the myths about the Prime Minister's Office, from the budget-setting process to the business of getting new bills through, from domestic policy making to reacting to international crises, this book makes general points, then gives actual examples. Eddie Goldenberg is a great storyteller and a very shrewd observer. He shows us here that no matter which government is in power, the iron laws of Canadian politics still apply. This is the real world of Canadian politics and government, complete with all the secrets that your political science textbooks never mentioned. This is the way it works - vital reading for every informed Canadian. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771033524
• ISBN13: 9780771033520
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Douglas Gibson Books
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 1.3" x 6.3"