Michel Bastarache: Ce que je Voudrais Dire à mes Enfants (in French)
Michel Bastarache; Antoine Trepanier
Synopsis "Michel Bastarache: Ce que je Voudrais Dire à mes Enfants (in French)"
In this intimate volume, Michel Bastarache reveals details of his youth in Acadia and his multiple professional roles before becoming the first Acadian justice to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. In a letter addressed to his two children who died from an incurable disease, Me. Bastarache recounts his constant fight for equality between francophone and anglophone communities. He reminisces on his commitment among groups protecting francophones outside Quebec, then on his careers as teacher, civil servant, lawyer, and juge. In this story he takes the reader backstage to his most important causes and he reveals some of the secrets of the highest court in Canada. Me. Bastarache weighs in on the controversy surrounding the Inquiry Commission on the process for appointing judges of the Court of Quebec, as well as his mediator work for reconciliation and compensation of alleged victims of sexual abuse by ex-priests in New Brunswick. This book is published in French. - Dans une lettre qu'il adresse a ses deux enfants, morts d'une maladie incurable, Michel Bastarache se rappelle son enfance en Acadie puis sa carriere, jusqu'a devenir le premier juge acadien a sieger a la Cour supreme du Canada. Me Bastarache raconte sa constante lutte pour l'egalite des communautes francophone et anglophone. Il revient sur son engagement au sein des groupes de defense des francophones hors Quebec, puis sur sa carriere de professeur, de fonctionnaire, d'avocat et de juge. Dans ce recit, il amene le lecteur dans les coulisses de ses plus importantes causes et revele certains secrets du plus haut tribunal canadien. Me Bastarache reagit egalement a la polemique entourant la Commission d'enquete sur le processus de nomination des juges du Quebec et sur son travail a titre de mediateur dans le processus de reconciliation et de compensation pour les victimes alleguees d'agressions sexuelles par d'anciens pretres au Nouveau-Brunswick. Ce livre est publie en francais.