Mt. Pleasant Cemetery was designated a National Historic Site in 2000 and with good reason. The cemetery marks the final resting place of nearly 170,000 people, including: Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best, discoverers of insulin and heroes to millions of diabetes sufferers and their families Dr. Allan G. Brown, Physician in Chief at …
A wonderful three-part series by the National Film Board of Canada. Watching the first twenty minutes of part two where the 1968 leadership race is held was of particular interest to me, having been at two different announcements this year in federally and provincially. The series can also be found on the NFB’s website here: http://www.nfb.ca/playlist/champions-series/ …
The #nbd Campaign My sister and I like to jokingly say the letters ‘NBD’ to one another when we are sarcastically saying something is ‘no big deal’ when in reality it is. It occurred to me that the Liberal record of achievement in improving Canada is lengthy, even when broken down by specific Prime Ministers. …
1859 - George-Etienne Cartier names Ottawa the capital of the Canadas 1916 - Manitoba becomes the first province to grant women the vote 1967 - Canada signs the UN Outer Space Treaty, a commitment to peaceful exploration and use
The combination of Commemoration Circuit and the Path of the Premiers would help bring Canadian history to Parliament Hill to the necessary degree that has not yet been carried out. Canadians need a stronger relationship with their history and our government can help.
1603 – Samuel de Champlain lands in Quebec
1774 – The British Parliament passes the Quebec Act, granting Catholics in Quebec religious freedom
1864 – George Brown forms the Great Coalition Ministry with Cartier and Macdonald
1869 – The Canadian government purchases Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company to create the Northwest Territories
1873 – The Assembly of Prince Edward Island agrees to petition the British government to join Canada
1960 – Quebec Liberals under Jean Lesage defeat the Union Nationale under Maurice Duplessis beginning the Quiet Revolution
1976 – Parliament votes to abolish the death penalty in Canada
1524 – Jacques Cartier spots Prince Edward Island
1812 – United States Congress votes for war against Britain sparking the War of 1812 that will officially begin when President James Madison later declares his country to be at war with Britain
1868 – British government states it will not allow the secession of Nova Scotia from Confederation
1979 – Joe Clark becomes Canada’s 16th and youngest Prime Minister, taking office only one day before his 40th birthday
1990 – Brian Mulroney calls First Minister’s conference in an attempt to get unanimous support for the Meech Lake Accord
1992 – Joe Clark’s Referendum Bill passes
How the politics of concession in provincial relations is damaging Canada and Canadian federalism.
It’s time to recognize LaFontaine, Baldwin and the sorely missing concept of Responsible Government.
Canadians need a better relationship with our history. I know there is an appetite for it as I saw at the ROM sponsored debate series this winter called History Wars. But in a city where heritage buildings literally crumble as citizens walk by, I think both our politicians and we as citizens must do more to protect our historical narrative as a country and as a people.