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George Brown

Fathers of Confederation

Speech on Formation of the Great Coalition, June 14, 1864 - George Brown

[On June 14, 1864 the short-lived Taché-Macdonald government lost a confidence vote and collapsed. On June 22, the Great Coalition was announced by...

 

February 27, 2017 at 9:00 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

Speech to Reform Convention, June 27, 1867 - George Brown

[Brown resigned from cabinet in December 1865, ostensibly due to a dispute with Galt over trade policy. Brown’s biographer explains that there were...

 

February 23, 2017 at 9:00 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

George Brown Moves for Constitutional Committee, March 14, 1864

[Brown’s non-partisan strategy comes to a head, as he calls a debate on his motion to establish a cross-party committee to study the...

 

February 14, 2017 at 8:46 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

George Brown Introduces Motion for Constitutional Committee, October 12, 1863

[With politics in Canada growing increasingly dysfunctional, Brown renews his call for constitutional change with a novel tactic – citing the 1858 federation...

 

February 13, 2017 at 8:45 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

Speech to Liberal Convention of Upper Canada, November 10, 1859 - George Brown

[George Brown’s decisive speech to the Great Reform Convention of 1859, urging the convention to adopt resolutions in favour of federalizing Upper and...

 

February 12, 2017 at 8:35 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

Policy of the Brown-Dorion Administration – August, 1858

[A major speech given in the aftermath of Brown’s two-day government of 1858, outlining the negotiation with Lower Canada’s Antoine-Aimé Dorion leading to...

 

February 11, 2017 at 8:31 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

To the Electors of the City of Toronto, Globe, August 21, 1858 - George Brown

[Just ejected from government after only two days in power, Brown addresses his constituents seeking re-election. Acknowledging charges of abandoning his principles –...

 

February 9, 2017 at 8:30 am read more
George Brown: The Reformer

George Brown: The Reformer: MLI Paper by Alastair Gillespie

MLI paper explores the role of George Brown in the establishment of Confederation OTTAWA, February 7, 2017 – The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is pleased...

 

February 7, 2017 at 10:54 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

George Brown, Speech in the Confederation Debates – February 8, 1865

This major speech represents the culmination of George Brown’s 15-year campaign for constitutional reform and representation by population, and is in itself an...

 

February 7, 2017 at 9:00 am read more
George Brown

"Dispatches from 1865" on George Brown: Alastair Gillespie

Munk Senior Fellow Alastair Gillespie, who leads the MLI Confederation Project, explores how leading statesmen from 1865 articulate the political challenges they grappled...

 

January 18, 2017 at 2:42 pm read more

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Canada's Reliance on Foreign Intelligence: Christian Leuprecht on the Forum Daily

 Canada is the only major democracy without its own foreign intelligence, lagging behind other G7 countries. MLI Senior Fellow Christian Leuprecht joins...

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