leadership convention (1983), 187
and the media, 185–86, 190
and Meech Lake, 183, 193–94
PC leadership ambitions, 96–97
personality and image, 189–90, 195, 198
resignation, 196–97
and Schreiber, 188, 197–98
U.S. interest in, 143, 145
Mulroney, Mila, 143, 190
Munson, Jim, 188–89
Munsinger, Gerda, 84
Murrow, Edward R., 165
N
Nash, Knowlton, 55–56, 67
New Democratic Party, 39, 45, 297–99, 303
Newman, Don, 191
Newman, Kevin, 184
news coverage, changes in, 288–89
Newsworld, 289
Nicaragua, 169–73
Noriega, Manuel, 179, 180
O
Obama, Barack, 287
Oliver, Anne-Marie, 209, 318
Oliver, Annie Claire, 321
Oliver, Craig
appointment to Ottawa bureau, 81
canoe trips, 105–26, 214–35, 304–16, 317
CBC employment, 26–38, 41, 43–49, 52–58, 59–67
Centennial Medal award, 54
as chief political correspondent, 277
CTV hiring, 67
early years, 4–19
fascination with radio, 18, 26
glaucoma, 130–31 (See also Oliver, Craig: vision problems)
grandparents, 2–3
high school years, 19–23
horseback riding, 211–13
interest in politics, 36
love life, 33, 50, 51, 81, 129, 131, 147–50
marriage (first), 51–52
marriage (second), 209–10
and navy reserve, 20–22
Ottawa post, 184–85
parents, 1–2, 3, 6–7
post–high school education, 37–38
South American posts, 156–80
television experiences, early, 44–46, 54–56
vision problems, 222, 317–28
Washington post, 126–27, 128–55
Oliver, Craig (of NPR and PBS), 137
Oliver, Elizabeth. See also Oliver, Craig: parents
background, 2–3
and Bing Crosby, 32
career advice, 63, 66, 67
and Chrétien, 239
and CO wedding, 51
and Dahl, 6, 16, 23, 103–4
death, 308–9
drinking problems, 104, 150, 209–11
generosity of, 20
illnesses, 16, 211, 304, 308
leaves her marriage, 6
and McTeer, 98
rescues CO, 15–16, 22
visits CO (1962), 49–50
Oliver, Linda (first wife), 51, 52
Oliver, Murray (father), 2. See also Oliver, Craig: parents
bootlegging and gambling career, 13–14
death of, 50
support of CO, 15, 23
Oliver, Murray (son), 52, 53, 231, 232, 233, 266, 267
Olsen, Caroline Stewart, 271, 273, 274, 279
O’Neill, Julie, 146
Orchard, David, 208
Ortega, Daniel, 171
Ouimet, Alphonse, 59
Outside Broadcasts Department, 36, 37, 44, 47–48, 51, 53
P
parliamentary press gallery, 83–84, 273–74
Parti Québécois, 74, 302
Patterson, R.M., 108, 109
Pearson, Lester B., 39, 116, 249
Pelletier, Gérard, 116, 311
Pelletier, Jean, 116, 122, 242–43, 248, 255
Perry, Norm, 71
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 56, 57
Phillips, Bruce, 81–83, 184
Pitfield, Michael, 259
Power Corporation, 261
Prentice, Jim, 208, 281
Prince Rupert, 3–4, 5, 8–9
Prince Rupert Daily News, 48
Pringle, Valerie, 71
Purchase, Bill, 204
Q
Quebec referendum (1995), 243–44
Question Period, 188, 257, 264, 274, 277–79, 280, 281, 282, 285, 292
Quiet Revolution, 48, 54
R
Rabin, Yitzhak, 245
Rae, Bob, 199, 286, 294, 301, 302
Rae, John, 261–62
Reagan, Nancy, 133, 134, 136–37, 138
Reagan, Ronald, 128–29, 133–34, 136–37, 138–41, 142, 150–55, 189, 190, 211
Redman, Frank, 11
Reform Party of Canada, 202, 203
Reilly, Peter, 64
Reynolds, John, 208
Rideau Canal and Arctic Canoe Club, 110–26, 214–35
Rinaldo, Sandie, 147, 148
Roberts, R.H. “Herb,” 37
Robertson, Lloyd, 59
and Across Canada, 53
as CBC anchor, 72
Eye Institute fundraiser, 327
and horseback riding, 212–13, 325
interviews with Chrétien, 250, 251, 252
leaders’ debate (2004), 264
Liberal leadership convention (2006), 286–87
moves to CTV, 76, 77
and Mulroney resignation, 197
Trudeau funeral, 313
unhappiness at CBC, 75–76
Robinson, Michael, 262
Robinson, Mike, 185
Rock, Allan, 115, 230, 256, 314
Romero, Óscar, 158
Roosevelt, Theodore, 132
Roy, Patrice, 268
Royal Ottawa Golf Club, 83
royal tours
Elizabeth II, 1964, 48–49
royal family, 1970, 56–57
S
Safire, William, 143
Saltzman, Percy, 68, 69–71
Saskatchewan legislature, 36, 38, 43–44
Schaber, Wally, 310, 311
Schlesinger, Joe, 54, 56, 57, 135
Schreiber, Karlheinz, 188, 197
Scott, Gail, 82
Shamrock Summit, 190
Shoyama, Tom, 39
Silcox, David, 113, 116, 119, 218, 219, 222, 223, 231, 232
Sinclair, James, 88, 89
Sinclair, Lister, 59
Sinclair, Margaret, 88–89. See also Trudeau, Margaret
Skinner, “Brick,” 10–11
Skinner, Jimmy, 11
Skinner, Mabel, 10–11, 15
Smith, Brian, 323
Smith, David, 249
Smith, Howard K., 165
Smith, Jack, 165, 166, 167
Solberg, Monte, 237, 280
Somalia Inquiry, 247
Somoza Debayle, Anastasio, 169
Soudas, Dimitri, 283
Speaker, Ray, 205
sponsors, infl uence of, 79–81
Stanfield, Robert, 47, 74, 100
Star Wars, 151, 152, 153, 154
Stollery, Peter, 112, 215, 222, 225, 313, 318, 320
Strategic Defense Initiative, 151, 152
Streisand, Barbra, 88
Stronach, Belinda, 275
T
Taber, Jane, 277, 281
Taylor, Carole, 68, 69–71, 80
Taylor, Gordon, 99
Teskey, Laureen, 271
Thatcher, Margaret, 173
Thatcher, Ross, 42–43, 54, 55
Tobin, Brian, 287
Today show, 66
Todd, Clark, 65
Tolsen, Clyde, 135
Trudeau, Michel, 311
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 39, 194, 236, 259
breakup of marriage, 89–90, 92–93
and Campagnolo, 84–85
canoe trips, 121–26, 220–21, 231, 304–7, 309–11
character and personality, 87–88, 93
childhood, 88
and Chrétien, 238
comparisons with Ignatieff, 284, 285
death, 312
and Diefenbaker, 47
election (1974), 74
election campaigns, 93–94, 101
election defeat, 94–95
friendship with CO, 85, 86, 103, 127
funeral, 313
illness, 311–12
love life, 88, 91–92
marriage, 88–89
and media, 189, 195
and Meech Lake, 183
opinion of E. Oliver, 98
and peace tour, 142
and the press, 271
and Quebec referendum (1995), 243
and Reagan, 142
relations with Communist
countries, 141, 142
resignation as leader, 96, 181–83
and Saltzman interview, 69–70
Trueman, Peter, 57
Turner, Garth, 275
Turner, John, 92, 191–92, 239–40, 257
U
U.S.-Soviet summits, 151, 152–53, 154
W
W-5, 71, 72, 79–81
Wagner, Claude, 96
Wallin, Pamela, 71, 178, 183
wars, reporting on, 267, 268–69
Webster, Jack, 102
Weir, Walter, 52
Wells, Paul, 312
Whittaker, Byng, 36
Wilderness Canoe Association, 115
Williams, Bill, 114
Willis, Frank, 36, 59
Wilson-Smith, Anthony, 257
Wolf, Walter, 188
Wright, Nigel, 296
Y
Yazamy, Jojo, 269
Z
Zsohar, Zsuzsanna, 285