I imagine most people are going to pick this up to see the accounting of the SNC Lavalin affair, and on that front Raybould is very thorough. She also goes into the granular aspects of how she transitioned into government from Indigenous government. Some of the day-to-day ministrations as serving as the Minister of Justice and and Attorney General.

I think this book is actually too granular in some respects and the voice struggles because you can tell she’s very good and used to technical writing and not so much crafting an active and compelling storytelling voice. The result made this a bit of a slog, especially coupled with a generally mediocre narration on the audiobook.

However. I think this is very substantive and great. She is one of the few politicians with integrity and backs up her thinking and her ethics with action. She is blunt and honest about absolutely everything and is unafraid of holding people to account, rather than putting the party first above everything. Unfortunately it’s a confirmation of our liberal government pretty much functioning exactly as expected. Their priority is to hold power and obfuscate accountability despite their overt performative gestures at the start of their reign saying and doing the right things for change, but keeping none of the most important goals and commitments people who voted for the party took to heart.

Raybould is one of the few leaders who we actually need in power.