The man behind the bow tie : Arthur Porter on business, politics and intrigue /
Arthur Porter ; with T.R. Todd.
- Vancouver ; Berkeley : Figure.1, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. From a Great Height; 2. "Arthur, You Will Be a Doctor"; 3. From Cambridge to Canada; 4. "The Most Popular Man in Detroit"; 5. "It Is Better Knowing the King"; 6. A Man of Many Hats; 7. The Hospital That Porter Built; 8. Nothing is Private Anymore; 9. When in Rome ... ; 10. Fountain of Youth; 11. Anything Is Possible in La Joya; 12. Cheating Time, Doing Time; Epilogue: I Know Who My Friends Are; Photographs; Index; Copyright.
How does it feel to be deemed guilty before trial? To be held in a cutthroat Panamanian prison while suffering from terminal lung cancer? How does it feel to rise to the top of the medical and public arenas in your adopted country, only to crash miserably to earth under allegations of fraud and money laundering? In short: What is it like to be Dr. Arthur Porter? There are few contemporary figures in Canada more intriguing and controversial than the former spy watchdog of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. A physician by trade, Porter, always in his iconic bow tie, has been described a.
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McGill University Health Centre--Employees--Biography. Canada. Security Intelligence Review Committee --Officials and employees--Biography. Canada. Comité de surveillance des activités de renseignement de sécurité --Fonctionnaires--Biographies.