The Darling diaries : memoirs of a political career / Stan Darling with Beth Slaney.

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Letter of Tribute from Jean Charest; Prologue; The Earth Summit; Early Political Days: Burks Falls and Ontario; Early Political Days: Ottawa; Sorting out the Post Office; Capital Punishment; The Olympic Lottery; Mayor Drapeau and the Housing Committee; Canada's Symbol, the Beaver; Acid Rain; Gun Control; Prayer Breakfasts; Health Care; Political Travels; Attracting Industry; My Family and Early Times; NATO; Motorboat Calvacade; Meeting with Royalty; Debates in the House; Funding for Small-Craft Harbors; Mr. Diefenbaker; My Seventy-fifth; RCMP Protection Plan; Transfer Payments

Some CommentsBilingualism -- an Ongoing Problem; Mr. Filzmaier and the Muskoka Airport; My Friend Lou Myles; Danger Pay -- Travels Around the World; The Prime Ministers; Abortion -- a Hot Issue; The Metric Mess; Free Trade; A Few Words about the Senate; The Gravenhurst Prison; Immigration; Running My Riding Office; The Haida Commemoration; Muskoka Lakes and the Cottager's Association; China -- an Unforgettable Experience; Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; The Lions Club -- We Serve; Mona Darling; The Essiac Report; What Went Wrong; The Last Word

A stalwart Tory, Stan Darling was a Member of Parliament for twenty-one years. In The Darling Diaries, he looks back on his career in politics, the places he has been, and some of the poeple he has met -- Libyan dictator Gaddafi, President Bush, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Never afraid of the press or anyone else foolish enough to quarrel with him, he strenuously advocated (and got) controls on the emmissions which cause acid rain -- for which he earned the nickname Mr. Acid Rain. He helped to get a free vote on the death penalty in Parliament. Whether in his native Burks Falls, Ontar.

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