Bob Plamondon
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Bob Plamondon is a Canadian public policy specialist. His skills as a researcher, consultant and writer have been applied in the fields of governance and public finance.
Plamondon has written three books:
- Blue Thunder: The Truth about Conservatives from Macdonald to Harper [1][2][3]
- Hay West: A story of Canadians Helping Canadians (Red Deer Press)
- Full Circle: Death and Resurrection in Canadian Conservative Politics (Key Porter)[4]
Plamondon earned a Masters of Management Studies and B. Comm. (Honours) from Carleton University. In 1983, Plamondon became a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and was elected Fellow (FCA) in 2003. His work experience includes over 20 years as an independent consultant; full and part-time professorship at three universities over a twenty-year period; and authorship of numerous public policy studies and reports.
In 1988, Plamondon ran for federal Parliament as a Progressive Conservative.
Plamondon is a community activist having served numerous organizations and boards. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario and is married to Marian Coke. Children are Nathaniel, Charlotte, Megan and Michael.
[edit] References
- ^ official Blue Thunder page
- ^ Mark Medley (2009-04-11), "Book Review: Blue Thunder: The Truth about Conservatives from Macdonald to Harper by Bob Plamondon", The Afterword blog in the National Post, http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/afterword/archive/tags/Bob+Plamondon/default.aspx
- ^ Tonda MacCharles (2009-04-07), "PM on minds of unsettled Tories. His leadership style examined in new book on the country's Conservative history", Toronto Star, http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/614795
- ^ Montreal Gazzette title= Inside the right, 2006-11-13, http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=eca5ba16-da3b-4d28-8035-752d7f359902
