Mulcair autobiography slated for release three months before election

OTTAWA – Tom Mulcair has written an autobiography scheduled for release just three months before Canadians go to the polls.

His memoirs, entitled Strength of Conviction, are intended to help voters get to know the NDP leader before they cast their ballots in the federal election scheduled for October.

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Kirk Howard, president of Dundurn Press, which will publish the English version of the book, says the autobiography tells the story of Mulcair’s life and the values that have shaped his political career.

The book is slated for release on Aug. 1.

A French version, published by Michelle Tisseyre Editeur, is to be released at the same time.

Tisseyre says Mulcair’s political career is a matter of record but “his personal journey is less well known” – a void the memoirs are designed to fill.