Michael Wilson

the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney

A Personal and Political Memoir

Something Within Me

Scott Wilson

An interesting biographical story of one of Canada's premier finance ministers. Whether you subscribe to Mr. Wilson's politics or not, you cannot argue that he had an outstanding impact on the Canadian economy. The implementation of the GST (now HST) taxation model brought many years of budgetary surpluses long after leaving his post.

Michael Wilson gives rare insights into the almost 10 year Mulroney government and major policy impacts like the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.

His championing of mental health awareness and even just the glances into his personality and personal life were interesting and in my opinion, such an open truthfulness is rarely seen in Canadian political biographies.

This book will make an interesting addition to any Canadian's political collection of books and will be a must-read in the Spring/Summer of 2022. Highly recommended.

Thank you to the University of Toronto Press, the publisher; and to Net Galley for an advance copy in return for my honest opinion. I have not received any compensation nor interference in the posting of my review which remains my truthful thoughts on this book.

Something Within Me A Personal and Political Memoir

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