Insider political views from Patrick Gossage

Former press secretary to Pierre Trudeau, author, blogger, performance coach

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Feel free to look around. Lots to entertain you, inform you on Canadian politics, and help you to be a better speaker.

My political insights come from my experiences:


served as Press Secretary with Prime Minister

Pierre Trudeau

one of Canada’s most highly respected public relations practitioners

40 years of experience in broadcasting, politics and communications

regular political panelist on CBC Newsworld’s “Politics” with appearances on TVO, BNN, CP24, CBC Television and Radio, Canada AM, AM 640 and Zoomer radio

columnist and book reviewer for the Toronto Star,

The Globe and Mail, Policy Options, and Politics


weekly broadcasts on SiriusXM Canada Talks

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Close to the Charisma

Close to the Charisma provides first-hand observations of the Trudeau years. Gossage's diary--his impressions of the media people, politicians and backroom operators he worked with every day--provides a remarkable portrait of the period. 


“What makes it fun to read is its emotion and honesty” Stevie Cameron, Globe and Mail 

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The Father Pat Stories

The Father Pat Stories are about a good man’s adventures with God, women, politics, the world, the flesh and even the devil.


“[Gossage's] canoeing scenes are first-rate and as delicately realized as any of Hemingway's shoreline settings. From his canoe, Father Pat stares at a natural world that resonates with the presence of The Divine. It is an association that recalls the work of 19th century British Jesuit poet Gerald Manley Hopkins, who also felt God's presence in as small an object as the beating of a bird's wing.” Toronto Star 

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Slow Love

Slow Love is a tribute to the power and endurance of both human love and our love for dogs, and the love that they return.


“Good people, good dogs, and lasting love. What more could you ask??” Katherine Govier, Canadian novelist.


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Latest Articles

By Patrick Gossage November 5, 2024
Inexplicable times for sad Liberals. An almost universally disliked Prime Minister who is convinced he alone can save Canada from the dangerous Pierre Pollievre and nobody is going to convince him otherwise. Not the pathetic group of 24 anonymous MP’s who penned a letter urging him to resign, not His former campaign director Jeremy Broadhurst or a few cabinet friends who suggested to him it was time. Not anyone in his loyal Cabinet. The Polls show a vast majority of Canadians want him to resign, yet he is still PM.
By Patrick Gossage October 7, 2024
If you think the childish behavior of our politicians, lack of respect the world has for Canada, the huge gulf that yawns between progressives and right-wing believers, the polarizing hate and anger that infect political discourse here and the unheard-of disconnect between the national government and the people is a passing phenomenon, think again. Canada is in for a period of political and social disruption for the long haul.
September 9, 2024
Two amazing pieces of poetry from very different centuries that are thought provoking:

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The Love Stories Of A Woman, Two Men, Their Dogs And Two Wolves by Patrick Gossage

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