The Coutts Diaries (Encore)
West of Centre

The Coutts Diaries (Encore)

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 31, 202635 min
  • Interview
  • Politics
  • About Canada

**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION What does a kid from Nanton, Alta., write in his private journals after spending his days influencing some of Pierre Elliott Trudeau's most controversial policies? This week on West of Centre, host Kathleen Petty takes a peek into The Coutts Diaries: Power, Politics, and Pierre Trudeau 1973-1981, with the book's editor, Ron Graham. As the prime minister's principal secretary, Jim Coutts was said to have exercised more backroom power than anyone else in modern Canadian political history. He was everywhere...

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For the next few weeks, we're going to replay episodes that are as evergreen as politics in Alberta can be. I mean, obviously, much has changed since these conversations took place. But you know what? They're also very smart, and smart endures. So here is the discussion of the book, The Coutts Diaries, from February 13th.

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