Building the Orange Wave: The Inside Story Behind the Historic Rise of Jack Layton and the NDP

Brad Lavigne was not just the Campaign Manager of the New Democratic
Party’s 2011 breakthrough election campaign that took Jack Layton from
last place to Official Opposition. He was a key architect of Layton’s overnight
success that was ten years in the making.
In Building the Orange Wave, Lavigne recounts the dramatic story of how
Layton and his inner circle developed and executed a plan that turned a struggling
political party into a major contender for government, defying the odds
and the critics every step of the way.
This is the ultimate insider’s account of one of the greatest political
accomplishments in modern Canadian history. For the first time, Lavigne will
take readers behind the scenes, letting them eavesdrop on strategy sessions,
crisis-management meetings, private chats with political opponents, and
internal battles.
Readers will get never-before revealed details of some of the most important
political events of the last decade. Even political reporters who live and
breathe Ottawa politics and think they know the full story will be surprised
by the revelations.