Stewart, Walter Douglas

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  • Wiki Biography:
    • Walter Douglas Stewart (April 19, 1931 – September 15, 2004) was an outspoken Canadian writer, editor and journalism educator, a veteran of newspapers and magazines and author of more than twenty books, several of them bestsellers. The Globe and Mail reported news of his death with the headline: “He was Canada’s conscience.”
    • Born in Toronto, the son of Miller Stewart and Margaret (Peg) Stewart, both atheists, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation activists and writers and CBC Radio broadcasters on nature, he was a class of 1949 graduate of London South Collegiate Institute in London, Ontario. 
    • He moved on from the Telegram to become picture editor and Ottawa correspondent for Star Weekly, a magazine then published by the Toronto Star. From 1968 to 1977, save a one-year interlude at the Star, he worked at Maclean’s magazine, posted to Ottawa and Washington and eventually managing editor of the title. His later time at Maclean’s was marked by conflict with editor Peter C. Newman.
    • Stewart’s first book, Shrug: Trudeau in Power (New Press, 1971 and paperback, 1972; released in the U.S. as Trudeau in Power, Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971), a sharp critique of both prime minister Pierre Trudeau and the Canadian political and media scenes around him, remained on Canadian bestseller lists for more than a year. 
    • Towers of Gold, Feet of Clay: The Canadian Banks (Collins, 1982; Totem, 1983) was a massive success, staying on Canadian bestseller lists for more than a year. More than seventy thousand copies of his lengthy critique of the Canadian banking system were sold.
    • In the 1990s, Stewart’s critical attention turned again to financial exposé. He released The Golden Fleece: Why the Stock Market Costs You Money (McClelland and Stewart, 1992), Belly Up: The Spoils of Bankruptcy (McClelland and Stewart, 1995) and Bank Heist: How our Financial Giants are Costing You Money (HarperCollins, 1997).
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