Pursuing a Public Life

Do you relish the thought of serving in public life, but don't know where to start? With the honesty of experience, Sergio Marchi clearly spells out all the practical steps that you need to follow.Our politics are currently suffering formidable challenges. Our national discourse has become more polarized, increasingly divisive, and notably nastier. Consequently, many people are keeping their distance from public life, rejecting a political system that they deem broken and unrepairable. Public opinion surveys consistently reveal that public cynicism is at a record high, coupled by declining voter turnout. Young people are disengaged from public life.We urgently need to find ways to renew our political culture so that the political arena can be renewed with smart, competent people who bring fresh ideas and new energy to the profession.The Honourable Sergio Marchi -- city councillor, member of Parliament, cabinet minister, and ambassador -- shares his experiences over his thirty-year political career and captures the adventures, policy decisions, and lessons learned in an effort to shed light on the inner workings of a public life -- from nomination meetings, to campaigning, to governing -- to make it easier for those interested in making a difference to take the plunge into an exciting, meaningful, and purposeful profession.