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‘He was a mid-century giant, and an architect of contemporary Canada,’ Donaghy on Paul Martin Sr.

Greg Donaghy talks about his book, Grit: The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr.

Greg Donaghy says Paul Martin Sr. 'was a real politician. He dodges and weaves, backtracks and compromises, plots and schemes—all those things we don’t like about politics. And yet, he redeems himself by never losing faith in the capacity of politics to bring people together to solve their problems.'Photo handout

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BY KATE MALLOY

April 4, 2016

OTTAWA—Greg Donaghy first got interested in the life of Paul Martin Sr. back in 1989 when he was working on Martin's diplomacy at External Affairs in Ottawa. He got the bug when older diplomats made it clear to him that they looked down their nose at Martin Sr. because he was also a politici...

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