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Bob Plamondon. Blue Thunder: The Truth About Conservatives from Macdonald to Harper
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
SECTION I - JOHN A. MACDONALD: THE CHIEFTAIN. CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2. FORGING A NATION
CHAPTER 3. CEMENTING THE BOND
SECTION II - THE FOLLOWERS. CHAPTER 4. JOHN ABBOTT: THE RELUCTANT LEADER
CHAPTER 5. SIR JOHN THOMPSON: THE CATHOLIC
CHAPTER 6. MACKENZIE BOWELL: THE ORANGEMAN
CHAPTER 7. CHARLES TUPPER: THE LAST VETERAN OF CONFEDERATION
SECTION III - ROBERT BORDEN. CHAPTER 8. BORDEN - BACK IN GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 9. BORDEN - WORLD WAR I
CHAPTER 10. BORDEN - INDEPENDENCE FOR CANADA
SECTION IV - HARD TIMES. CHAPTER 11. ARTHUR MEIGHEN: THE GREAT ORATOR
CHAPTER 12. RICHARD BEDFORD BENNETT: THE EARLY YEARS
CHAPTER 13. BENNETT: THE DEMISE
CHAPTER 14. ROBERT J. MANION: DEFEATED BY LEGACY
CHAPTER 15. THE WAR YEARS: HANSON AND MEIGHEN
CHAPTER 16. JOHN BRACKEN: THE PROGRESSIVE
CHAPTER 17. GEORGE DREW: PATRICIAN
SECTION V - DIEFENBAKER: THE CHIEF. CHAPTER 18. DIEFENBAKER - MAN OF DESTINY
CHAPTER 19. DIEFENBAKER - MAN OF THE PEOPLE
SECTION VI - OPPORTUNITIES LOST. CHAPTER 20. STANFIELD - THE GENTLEMAN FROM NOVA SCOTIA
CHAPTER 21. STANFIELD: THE GREATEST PRIME MINISTER WE NEVER HAD
CHAPTER 22. CLARK - JOE WHO?
SECTION VII - CHOOSING TO WIN: MARTIN BRIAN MULRONEY. CHAPTER 23. MULRONEY - FIRST QUEBECER TO LEAD
CHAPTER 24. MULRONEY - POWER AND DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER 25. MULRONEY - A TEST OF NATIONAL UNITY
SECTION VIII - DECADE OF DARKNESS. CHAPTER 26. KIM CAMPBELL: DEFEAT PERSONIFIED
CHAPTER 27. MANNING VERSUS CHAREST: FUTILITY PERSONIFIED
CHAPTER 28. CLARK VERSUS DAY: FUTILITY CONFIRMED
SECTION IX - FULL CIRCLE. CHAPTER 29. MACKAY AND HARPER: NEW LEADERSHIP BRINGS RESULTS
CHAPTER 30. HARPER- WILL TO WIN
SECTION X - LOOKING BACK — LOOKING AHEAD. CHAPTER 31. PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER
CHAPTER 32. CONSERVATIVE PARTY - EVOLUTION
APPENDIX A. CONSERVATIVE SUCCESS AND FAILURE
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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BY CONAD BLACK
This is an invaluable analysis of the leaders and fluctuations of for tune of the Canadian federal Conservative Party (under different names) over 141 years, of what it needs to succeed, and why it has often failed.
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On April 11, 1870, with Riel’s blessing, representatives from the West (named Assiniboia) arrived in Ottawa to negotiate terms for entry into Canada. Father Noel-Joseph Ritchot and Alfred H. Scott were immediately arrested for aiding and abetting the murder of Thomas Scott the previous month. Both claimed “diplomatic immunity.” A third western representative, Judge Black, arrived in Ottawa a few days later. Macdonald met him unofficially to discuss the list of rights and other terms for political compromise. Macdonald had been reluctant to attend such a meeting for a number of reasons: first, it might provide legitimacy to Riel and his provisional government; second, because of the negative political fallout in English speaking Canada surrounding the trial and execution of Thomas Scott; and third, the possibility that Riel was acting in bad faith and had no intention of negotiating for a political settlement. In fact, Macdonald suspected an American conspiracy: “The unpleasant suspicion remains that he is only wasting time by sending this delegation, until the approach of the summer enable him to get material support from the United States.”
Father Ritchot and Alfred Scott were released from jail, and the three western delegates met with Macdonald and Cartier. Assiniboia, later known as Manitoba, wanted to join Confederation, but under its own terms. The Métis feared the arrival of scores of English-speaking immigrants, mostly Protestant, and wanted assurances they would be able to sustain their language and culture. They also wanted provincial status, including guarantees for language and religion similar to those that existed in the Province of Québec. The Métis also sought land grants in settlement of their ancestral claims. Macdonald readily agreed to these terms, but refused one final request: amnesty in all matters arising out of the military conflict. Without the Scott execution, such a request might have been possible. Macdonald was personally inclined towards amnesty, but dared not risk the wrath of Ontario voters.
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