Boreal
Shooting the Messenger
A Whistleblower's Tale
To Lucette,
to the people of Ashcroft, British Columbia who made it possible for a French-Canadian family down on its luck to establish roots in that most beautiful of provinces
and
to Glenna, her mother and stepfather for countless kindnesses not forgotten.
Part I
1 - A Laudable Model of Behaviour
2 - The French Connection
3 - The Road Back*
4 - The Wrong Lesson Learned
5 - High on the Job
6 - An Appalling Indiscretion
7 - Rakesh
8 - The Death of Janine
9 - Audrey
10 - Foreign Affairs Beckons
Part II
11 - The Fifty Percent Solution
12 - Tokyo Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
13 - A Mugging in Amsterdam
14 - Yours, Mine and Ours
15 - The Return of the Double Standard
16 - No Future Here
17 - Ambassador Chrétien
18 - McGahey
19 - The Appraisal From Hell
20 - The Ambassador and the Commissioner Trade Places
21 - The Pontius Pilate Letter
22 - Memories of Wendy
23 - A Sunny Day In May
Part III
24 - R. G. Woolham and the Appraisal From Hell
25 - J. T. Boehm's Sense of Humour
26 - Nonsense
27 - A Judge is Blackmailed
28 - Evelyne's Choice
29 - Thomas W. Brown and the Monstrous Lie
30 - Et tu, PSAC?
31 - The Poisoned Affidavit
32 - In the Federal Court of Appeal
33 - In the Supreme Court of Canada
34 - Proof of Perjury
35 - The Betrayal Of Joe Clark
36 - So What!
The Impossible Report and the Missing Millions
Holding Ministers to a Higher Standard
Epilogue - Plus ça change…
Extras
The Niece
Investigative Journalism Canadian Style
Federal Court Memorandum
Supreme Court Appeal Notice
Mila's Friend, Brian and a Briefcase Full of Cash
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* For a more complete account of the events surrounding my departure for Ontario and my home life during my first 18 months in the Capital, about which I did not want to burden the book, please read Julia Ann and A Woman Who Loved Women and the Intimacy of Igloos on Cold Arctic Nights.