Former MP Jody Wilson-RaybouldB次元官网网址檚 memoir detailing her tumultuous tenure as the Liberal justice minister is among four titles that have been shortlisted for a $60,000 public policy book award.

The WritersB次元官网网址� Trust of Canada announced the inaugural finalists Wednesday for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy.

The new annual prize, backed by former BlackBerry chief executive Jim Balsillie, will be awarded for the first time on Nov. 24 to the best non-fiction book shaping Canadian discourse about public policy.

Wilson-Raybould is nominated for B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址業ndianB次元官网网址� in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power,B次元官网网址� published by HarperCollins Canada, which touches on her experience as an Indigenous leader at the cabinet table and how she moved forward following the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Also in the running is Globe and Mail health columnist Andr茅 Picard for B次元官网网址淣eglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic,B次元官网网址� from Random House Canada.

Rounding out the short list are University of Toronto professor Dan BreznitzB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淚nnovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World,B次元官网网址� from Oxford University Press, and Victoria journalist Gregor CraigieB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淥n Borrowed Time: North AmericaB次元官网网址檚 Next Big Quake,B次元官网网址� published by Goose Lane Editions.

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