Description
Fiery
Determined
Controversial
Mayor of Quebec City from 2007 to 2021, Régis Labeaume became a key figure in Quebec politics. In this book, journalist Karine Gagnon looks back on his eclectic career in 25 key moments, which he comments on with his sensitive and cheeky prose.
From the "cursed poverty" of his childhood to the business success that made him a millionaire, from the Quebec City amphitheater to the tragic attack on the Grand Mosque, from the Rapaille affair to the tramway and the third link, the former mayor – and lover of his city – addresses all subjects with disarming frankness and a good dose of self-deprecation. Many personalities, including Jean Charest, Agnès Maltais, Justin Trudeau, Alain Juppé, Pierre Karl Péladeau, Paul Arcand and Jean-René Dufort, testify about the man they came to know through a file, an alliance, a battle or a heated discussion on the future of Quebec. Pure Labeaume, without sugarcoating or fling flang!
