Citizen: Chapters in the Life of a Western Liberal

"I was cast as a pariah, at least as far as Pierre Trudeau was concerned, and paid dearly a couple of years later," says Garrett Wilson in the opening of Citizen. In this candid memoir, Wilson describes more than half a century of history from the perspective of someone who helped shape it. He helped the Liberals win power in Saskatchewan, was a confidant of Premier Ross Thatcher, and served as vice-president of the federal Liberal Party for Western Canada. He cautioned Trudeau's government that the Party was about to see its support in the West collapse--a warning ignored--and then watched as his beloved Saskatchewan Liberal Party vanished from the political landscape. Born during the Depression, Wilson is a tough, outspoken realist whose sharp insights into politics and justice continue to resonate today.