Category: Canadian history
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It is heartening to see someone finally tackled the tale of telling our contribution at D-Day . From Toronto Star The film crew was recreating the chaotic landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944 for the 90-minute docudrama Storming Juno, and director and executive producer Tim Wolochatiuk says one of the men approached the crew…
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Here is a column that clearly outlines the proposal by Lisa MacLeod to make remembrance Day a statutory holiday in Ontario.[click here] Local MPP Lisa MacLeod’s proposal to make Remembrance Day a statutory holiday is a good idea that is long overdue. Our veterans and their sacrifices are surely as worthy of celebration as Queen…
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One of the more insightful tributes to our 13th prime minister John Diefenbaker the first master of mass communication in Canadian politics. source Montréal Gazette While the 1960 Bill of Rights did not have the entrenched constitutional character of the 1982 Charter of Rights, many key provisions of the Charter were first articulated in…
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Sir John A. Macdonald the first Prime Minister of Canada and surely in the pantheon of Conservative leaders was honoured in his birthplace of Scotland earlier today. Not only did he unite us as a country politically. As well he created the conditions for a geographic union by building the Canadian Pacific Railway. These are…
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The Plains of Abraham are being fought for all over again. Apparently a Sovereigntist group is upset about public money going to what they see, as an Anglo takeover of a French music and cultural festival. Now I don’t agree with separatists on any issue or vision for the country. However, these groups still…
