Gambatte: Generations of Perseverance and Politics
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Gambatte: Generations of Perseverance and Politics

A Memoir

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Gambatte: Generations of Perseverance and Politics

A Memoir

About this book

A revealing memoir from the Japanese-Canadian former Ontario cabinet minister.

"Gambatte" means do your best and never give up, and that spirit is at the heart of David Tsubouchi's life story. This memoir of the former Ontario cabinet minister begins as his family strives for acceptance amid the imprisonment of Canadians of Japanese descent and the confiscation of their property, possessions, and businesses by the Mackenzie King Liberal government in 1941. Despite growing up on the outside looking in, Tsubouchi never felt disadvantaged because he had a good family and was taught to persevere. Gambatte outlines his unusual career path from actor to dedicated law school student and lumber yard worker to politician. Tsubouchi was the first person of Japanese descent elected in Canada as a municipal politician and, as an MPP, to serve as a cabinet minister. His story also reveals an insider's perspective of Mike Harris's "Common Sense Revolution."

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Table of contents

  1. Prologue
  2. Chapter One: The Tsubouchi Clan
  3. Chapter Two: The Takahashi Side
  4. Chapter Three: The Loss of Democracy
  5. Chapter Four: Bachan’s Story
  6. Chapter Five: Aftermath and a New Life
  7. Chapter Six: Growing Up
  8. Chapter Seven: University and the School of Life
  9. Chapter Eight: Osgoode Hall
  10. Chapter Nine: To Be or Not to Be
  11. Chapter Ten: Markham, New Beginnings
  12. Chapter Eleven: Markham Council: From a Town to a City
  13. Chapter Twelve: The Common Sense Revolution and the 69-Cent Tuna Skirmish
  14. Chapter Thirteen: Mike Harris, the Leader
  15. Chapter Fourteen: Bringing Down the House
  16. Chapter Fifteen: The Ministry of Booze and Gambling
  17. Chapter Sixteen: Roots
  18. Chapter Seventeen: Operation True Blue and Duty
  19. Chapter Eighteen: Y2K, Dirty Roots and Muskox
  20. Chapter Nineteen: Strike? What Strike?
  21. Chapter Twenty: Culture: All’s Well That Ends Well
  22. Chapter Twenty-One: Saving Parliament
  23. Chapter Twenty-Two: Friendships, Politics and Funny Stuff
  24. Chapter Twenty-Three: Beginning of the End
  25. Chapter Twenty-Four: Aftermath
  26. Photo Section
  27. Acknowledgements
  28. About the Author
  29. Copyright