Gambatte means do your best and never give up, and that spirit is at the heart of DavidTsubouchi 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/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.
- ISBN10 1770903739
- ISBN13 9781770903739
- Publish Date 1 June 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint ECW Press,Canada
- Format eBook
- Pages 304
- Language English