“Warren Kinsella can have an effect on as many Canadians as The New York Times.”

- Peter C. Newman

“Kinsella is a modern-day Machiavelli...the mastermind who ran war rooms for Jean Chretien and Dalton McGuinty...”

- Sun Media

“I really think that Warren guy is on to something.”

- Stephen Harper

“The top Canadian spin doctor.”

- National Post

“Kinsella knows how to run a winning war room.”

- The Hill Times

“Good news drives out bad, and Kinsella adheres to that golden rule.”

- Pat Gossage, Press Secretary to Pierre Trudeau

“Yesterday’s Man” – not
February 5th, 2012, 1:39 pm

I’m on the back stretch of the new book, and have hit a bit of a research roadblock.  I am looking for any and all articles containing commentary about the photo of this young man water skiing, way back on the Canada Day long weekend in 1993.  There is surprisingly little I can find.  Anyone who can help will get my thanks, and a mention in Fight the Right!


9 Responses to ““Yesterday’s Man” – not”

  1. Gord Tulk says:
    February 5, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    Proto-stock.

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  2. Cameron Prymak says:
    February 5, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    It’s microfiche time.

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  3. Chris P says:
    February 5, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    try here:http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518885991.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+27,+1993&author=Rosie+DiManno+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Chretien+may+be+'Yesterday's+Man'+but+he's+still+wily&pqatl=google

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  4. Herman Thind says:
    February 5, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    It was a cover story in MacLeans in “JC’s Rise To Power” article…

    Jean Chretien’s route to power
    AUTHOR(S)Fotheringham, Allan
    PUB. DATENovember 1993
    SOURCEMaclean’s;11/8/93, Vol. 106 Issue 45, p72
    SOURCE TYPEPeriodical
    DOC. TYPEArticle
    ABSTRACTLooks back at the career of Canada’s newly elected prime minister Jean Chretien. Two women who helped him along; Personal background; His first year in Ottawa in 1963; His position as a junior cabinet minister; Known as being famously impatient over detail.
    ACCESSION #9311087641
    Tags: CHRETIEN, Jean, 1934-; PRIME ministers; POLITICIANS; CANADA — Politics & government — 1945-; BIOGRAPHIES

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  5. student501 says:
    February 5, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/512959801.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+25%2C+1993&author=HUBERT+BAUCH&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Chretien%3A+rejected+on+his+home+turf&pqatl=google
    http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/world/canada-chief-in-fast-start-on-campaign.html
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/517850661.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19%2C+1994&author=CP&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=How+do+celebrities+relax%3F+CBC's+Pamela+Wallin+cooks&pqatl=google
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/471450711.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+24%2C+1990&author=Edison+Stewart+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Can+Chretien+survive+'yesterday'+image%3F&pqatl=google
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518897221.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+09%2C+1993&author=Edison+Stewart+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=PM%2C+Chretien+waging+war+of+photo-ops&pqatl=google
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/513052231.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26%2C+1993&author=NORMAN+WEBSTER&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Experience+and+character+count&pqatl=google
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/446584811.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+15%2C+1999&author=KIRK+LAPOINTE&pub=The+Spectator&desc=READERS+REACT+TO+CHRETIEN+PHOTOS&pqatl=google
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426919151.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+16%2C+2000&author=Chantal+Hebert&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Thrill+is+gone+from+PM's+antic+summer&pqatl=google
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/446025581.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06%2C+2000&author=MacLeod%2C+Stewart&pub=The+Guelph+Mercury&desc=Too+much+athleticism+may+help+Clark&pqatl=google
    http://www.thestar.com/article/175633

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  6. Marc-Andre Chiasson says:
    February 6, 2012 at 8:52 am

    Hi Warren. Didn’t find much more than the others on the water skiing story. However, in case you have not seen it, there all sorts of interesting things in this Radio-Canada bio en français on Monsieur Chrétien. Thought you might like it: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/dossiers/tetes/chretien/deux.html

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  7. Les Miller says:
    February 6, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    Without touching on either man’s politics, I always wondered what other people saw as the difference between a picture of Mr. Chrétien water-skiing, and picture of Mr. Day sea-dooing. To me, the only difference was the skill of the spin-doctors involved. The Liberals were able to sell the Chrétien photo in a positive light, while the Alliance failed miserably at selling Day’s similar photo.

    Personally, I found both photo ops ridiculous. Whatever your proficiency on the water, you won’t float a boat with it in the House of Commons.

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    • Gary says:
      February 6, 2012 at 10:00 pm

      Stock Day showed up at a scheduled news conference on a Seadoo and in a wet suit. Chretien was photographed at his own cottage while spending off time with family. Stock appeared to be grandstanding.

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  8. Chris Drew says:
    February 6, 2012 at 9:08 pm

    I have a vague recollection that Susan Delacourt’s book Juggernaut mentioned it. Don’t have a copy on me to search for a page number. Could be wrong.

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