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In this beautifully written biography penned by journalist Antoine Trépanier, the Honourable Michel Bastarache recounts his youth in Acadia and the various professional roles he occupied before becoming the first Acadian to accede to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Written as a letter addressed to his two children, who died of an incurable disease, Bastarache recounts his constant fight for equality between francophone and anglophone communities. He reminisces on his commitment among groups protecting francophones outside Québec, then on his careers as teacher, civil servant, lawyer, and judge.
He takes the reader backstage to the most important causes he worked on and reveals some of the secrets of the highest court in Canada. He also weighs in on the controversy surrounding the Inquiry Commission on the process for appointing judges of the Court of Québec, as well as his mediator work for reconciliation and compensation of alleged victims of sexual abuse by ex-priests in New Brunswick.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
CHAPTER 1 "Speak White"
CHAPTER 2 The Path
CHAPTER 3 Stand Up
CHAPTER 4 Activist
CHAPTER 5 Dead Ducks
CHAPTER 6 What of Acadia?
CHAPTER 7 Duality, Eh?
CHAPTER 8 The Task Force That Would Change Everything
CHAPTER 9 The Dream
CHAPTER 10
The Battle of Alberta
CHAPTER 11 Salesman, Teacher, Bureaucrat, Lawyer
CHAPTER 12 Assumption
CHAPTER 13 Politics
CHAPTER 14 The New Justice
CHAPTER 15 Globetrotter
CHAPTER 16 A Historic Case
CHAPTER 17 Not in my Court
CHAPTER 18 The Battle Rages On
CHAPTER 19 Farewell to the Court
CHAPTER 20 One Hellish Commission
CHAPTER 21 One Last Fascinating Chapter
CONCLUSION
