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Philip Slayton -- Book Launch

Tuesday May 26 2015 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium
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Winnipeg launch of Mayors Gone Bad (Viking Canada).

Whether they’ve misappropriated funds, had cosy relationships with Mafia hoods, been caught with prostitutes, or admitted to smoking crack, Canada’s mayors are a colourful collection: Michael Applebaum of Montreal faces criminal charges of fraud; Gilles Vaillancourt of Laval also resigned and faces similar criminal charges; Joe Fontana was convicted of fraud and is under house arrest; Sam Katz of Winnipeg was dogged throughout his mayoralty by conflict-of-interest allegations; and Rob Ford made headlines across North America as “the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto.”

But it’s not all bad news: Philip Slayton writes about the “western triangle of mayoral goodness,” Nenshi of Calgary, Iveson of Edmonton, and Robertson of Vancouver. Also, Slayton features four foreign mayors who have made an impact.

Slayton offers insight into the nature of municipal government in Canada and speculates about why people seek the office of mayor. Written with the dry wit that made Lawyers Gone Bad a national bestseller, this book is an eye-opening look at how we are governed.

Philip Slayton is the bestselling author of Lawyers Gone Bad and Mighty Judgment. A Rhodes scholar, he has been a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, dean of a Canadian law school, and senior partner of a major Canadian law firm. Currently, he is president of PEN Canada. He divides his time between Toronto and Port Medway, Nova Scotia.

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