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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 Qu bec, 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 Qu bec, 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.

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Dans une lettre qu'il adresse ses deux enfants, morts d'une maladie incurable, Michel Bastarache se rappelle son enfance en Acadie puis sa carri re, jusqu' devenir le premier juge acadien si ger la Cour supr me du Canada. M^e Bastarache raconte sa constante lutte pour l' galit des communaut s francophone et anglophone. Il revient sur son engagement au sein des groupes de d fense des francophones hors Qu bec, puis sur sa carri re de professeur, de fonctionnaire, d'avocat et de juge. Dans ce r cit, il am ne le lecteur dans les coulisses de ses plus importantes causes et r v le certains secrets du plus haut tribunal canadien. M^e Bastarache r agit galement la pol mique entourant la Commission d'enqu te sur le processus de nomination des juges du Qu bec et sur son travail titre de m diateur dans le processus de r conciliation et de compensation pour les victimes all gu es d'agressions sexuelles par d'anciens pr tres au Nouveau-Brunswick.
Ce livre est publi en fran ais.