The Confederation Series: Straight Talk with Alastair Gillespie
OTTAWA, ON (Dec. 22, 2017): For the latest edition of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Straight Talk Q & As, MLI spoke ...
Tag: Confederation
“Confederation Retrospective” – Speech by Sir Charles Tupper to Banquet held in his Honour, Halifax, 1883
Published in Halifax Evening Mail, June 16, 1883 Then came the great question of Confederation. I had concerted a measure ...
The high cost of trade barriers between provinces: Brian Lee Crowley in The Telegraph-Journal
Statistics Canada’s new report reveals the high cost of trade barriers between provinces, says Brian Lee Crowley. The government has ...
“The Political Condition of British North America” – Speech by Charles Tupper, Mechanics’ Institute, St. John, 1860
Independently of the great Red River and Saskatchewan country lying between Canada and the Rocky Mountains, and the gold-bearing district ...
London Resolutions, December 4, 1866
The best interests and present and future prosperity of British North America will be promoted by a Federal Union under ...
The Quebec Resolutions, October 29, 1864 (The 72 Resolutions)
The best interests and present and future prosperity of British North America will be promoted by a Federal Union under ...
The Record of the Discussions Between the Government and Mr. Brown, Legislative Assembly, June 22, 1864
The Speaker took the chair at 8 o’clock, none of the Ministers being at that hour in their places. Hon. ...
The Irish in Canada: The Importation of Fenianism – An address by Thomas D’Arcy McGee delivered before the St. Patrick’s Society, January 11th, 1865
MCGEE said: Ladies and Gentlemen, I deserve no credit for coming here to-night from Quebec, at some personal ...
The Cause of the Quebec Conference – Speech by Thomas D’Arcy McGee at the Déjeûner given to the members of the Quebec Conference, October 29th, 1864
Mr. McGee said he had no intention at that late hour, and after their long sitting in Conference that afternoon, ...
Celebrating the Poet of Confederation: Bob Rae for Inside Policy
Thomas D’Arcy McGee expressed the feelings and emotions that lay behind the Confederation project, writes Bob Rae. By Bob Rae, ...
The Common Interests of British North America – Address by Thomas D’Arcy McGee delivered at the Temperance Hall, July 21st, 1863
HON. MR. MCGEE said: – Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen– This meeting has grown out of a very simple circumstance ...
American Relations and Canadian Duties – Address by Thomas D’Arcy McGee to the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, May 10, 1862
Mr. McGee said: Ladies and Gentlemen, I received some time ago, a warm invitation from my friend, Captain Anderson, ...
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Canadians are very unhappy with the federal public service—and for good reason: Tim Sargent in The Hub
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Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year? History shows there’s little political cost to the practice: Dave Snow in The Hub
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Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Hub
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Prison-onset gender dysphoria – a new low for women’s dignity: Mia Hughes and Peter Copeland for Inside Policy
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Three things Canada can do to meet its NATO defence spending commitment within three years: Richard Shimooka in The Hub
