Independent

Michael Zareski's Independent is about a dedicated civil servant who rises to the topof the Nova Scotia corrupt patronage riddled political system ruled by Premier JohnBuchanan and the outcome of his efforts to stymie and expose one of the Canada smost corrupt governmentsIn June 1990, Zareski a former Deputy Minister of Government Services was invited totestify at a Public Accounts Committee and in response to questions from the oppositionLiberal Party members told the truth about pervasive patronage practice within theBuchanan government. In the weeks and months that followed he continued to expose alitany of further corruption scandals leading to an RCMP investigation and the unexpectedresignation of Buchanan to accept a seat in the Canadian Senate from his friend PrimeMinister Brian Mulroney. The story exposes behind the scenes details on the modus operandi of political powerbrokers not previously reported on by the media and the conspiracy of retaliation fromthe government and other to discredit and vilify one who dared to speak truth to power. Zareski was a problem to the system that has successfully been able to program thepopulation to believe that government has their best interests at heart and if you standup against that programming, you become an outsider. For his efforts to bring political reform to government, Zareski lost everything including hiscareer, finance, family, and friends and spent the next ten years in a remote communityin northern Cape Breton living hand to mouth coming to terms with his spiritual journeyand confirming that by trusting his internal guidance; staying calm and peaceful under allcircumstances; and doing what is in front of him, that the way forward to the purposeand meaning of his life will be revealed