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2016 Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award -- WinnerA National Post Bestseller, The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016, 2016 Speakers Book Award -- Shortlisted The first authorized biography of Bill Davis, the enigmatic Ontario premier who carried on a Tory dynasty, but was also a crucial Trudeau supporter. A biography of one of Ontarios most important premiers, who, despite having been out of public life for more than thirty years, is remembered fondly by many as the father of the community college system, TVO, OISE, and was indispensable in repatriating the Canadian Constitution with an accompanying Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Before he became premier, Davis was perhaps the most important education minister in Ontario history, responsible for the creation of the community college system and TVOntario. As premier, he went on to lead Ontario through buoyant and recessionary economic times, leaving a legacy Ontarians continue to enjoy. Now 87, Davis still lives on Main Street in his beloved Brampton.About author(s):Steve Paikin is anchor of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVOs flagship current affairs program since 2006. He has written four previous books on politics, including Paikin and the Premiers. Paikin has spent 30 years in journalism, almost 25 of them at Ontarios provincial broadcaster. He lives in Toronto.
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