"John "Jack" Lawrence Manion", was a Canada/Canadian Public Service of Canada/civil servant.

Born in Almonte, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa in 1953. He joined the Canadian civil service working for the Immigration Service of Canada from 1953 to 1969. From 1969 to 1972, he was a Director of Manpower Training in the Department of Manpower and Immigration. In 1972, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister and Senior Assistant Deputy Minister in 1974. He was the Deputy Minister (Canada)/Deputy Minister for the Department of Manpower and Immigration (1977), Department of Employment and Immigration (1977 to 1979), and the Treasury Board (1979 to 1986).

From 1986 to 1989, he was the Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and a Senior Personnel Advisor. From 1988 to 1991, he was Principal with the Canadian Centre for Management Development.

In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1985, he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award of the Public Service of Canada. The Manion Lecture, the Canada School of Public Service's marquee speaking event, is named in his honour.

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I saw a change in their attitude. [The players said] 'We gotta get this game out of the way. We can't just look ahead'.

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Offensively, we were just clicking.

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I think that showed our ability to elevate our game for the big ones.

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We practiced well all week and played well the past week. They really keyed on Eric and that opened things up for Doug.

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They're a very good team, and so are we. It's gonna be a heck of a game.

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This is the spotlight for Eric. He needs this game. He needs a game like this to showcase his abilities.

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This is special, ... The fact that you have a game with two teams undefeated this late in the season is rare.

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Its a great day to be wearing purple.

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That was probably the biggest momentum swing of the night, ... Once he did that, the look in our guys eyes was like, This team is not going to beat us now. We just kept it going.

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