My Life at the Bar and Beyond

USA: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book. Clean tightly bound copy. Unmarked pages. hint of shelf rubbing to the jacket. From the 1980 referendum to the Oka crisis, Alex Paterson played a critical role in the defining events of Quebec's recent history. "My Life at the Bar and Beyond" offers a candid look at his remarkable life and career. A litigation lawyer for fifty years, Paterson describes his most notorious cases, including his defence of Dr Ewen Cameron against claims by patients that they had been brainwashed in experiments funded by the CIA. He offers behind-the-scenes views of the fight against Bill 101, campaigning for the No Committee in the 1980 Quebec referendum, and the stand-off at Oka between Mohawks and the provincial police.Paterson also charts his involvement in establishing the Montreal University Health Centre and the plan to create English and French 'super hospitals' as well as directing the expansion of Bishop's University during his time as chancellor. Paterson is a polished raconteur and his revealing memoir includes tantalizing anecdotes about how a simple joke convinced Charles Bronfman to fund the Institute for the Study of Canada at McGill University and the infamous cow that urinated on Boris Yeltzin during a tour of MacDonald College. L3.