. . "Manitoba" . . "Premiers (Canada) Manitoba Biography." . . "Premiers ministres Manitoba Biographies." . . "Ressources Internet" . . . "Keep true : a life in politics" . . . "Keep true a life in politics"@en . "Keep true a life in politics" . . . . . . . . "Biography" . . . "Howard Pawley, former Premier of Manitoba (1981-88), led the province during one of the most turbulent periods in its history. Elected at the outset of a serious national recession, his government successfully implemented social democratic policies that ran counter to the neo-conservative trends that dominated the period, including job creation, labour reform, and human rights legislation. But his government's greatest challenge was over French-language rights, an explosive two-year debate that left the province badly divided and embroiled in the complicated maneuvering between the national government and Quebec separatists. The political and public fallout from the French-language issue echoed through Manitoba's subsequent negotiations with the federal government over a bid for a lucrative CF-18 fighter jet contract, through the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement, and again during the stormy Meech Lake Accord debates."@en . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Premiers ministres Canada Manitoba Biographies." . .