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Thomas D’Arcy McGee

Fathers of Confederation

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

[Ed. Reflecting on the advantages the Irish-Canadian community enjoys in Canada with civil and religious liberty, McGee denies the spread of Fenianism in...

 

July 5, 2017 at 10:43 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

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

[Ed: McGee tells Quebec Conference delegates to look around – and they will find “reasons as thick as blackberries” for a union of...

 

July 4, 2017 at 10:41 am read more

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, July 1, 2017...

 

June 30, 2017 at 3:01 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

The Common Interests of British North America – Address by Thomas D’Arcy McGee delivered at the Temperance Hall, July 21st, 1863

[Ed: McGee’s call for union at Halifax, in the presence of Charles Tupper and Joseph Howe, outlining arguments he hopes “will be audible,...

 

June 27, 2017 at 10:36 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

American Relations and Canadian Duties – Address by Thomas D’Arcy McGee to the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, May 10, 1862

[Ed: With the U.S. Civil War raging to the south, McGee warns Canadians that the guns of Fort Sumter had a message for...

 

June 26, 2017 at 10:29 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

The Policy of Conciliation - Thomas D'Arcy McGee's Remarks at Montreal, March 1861

[Ed. McGee meditates on the values of accommodation and forbearance required in a country of diverse origins and religious opinions, declaring “the one...

 

June 21, 2017 at 12:38 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

Speech by Thomas D’Arcy McGee – Constitutional Difficulties between Upper and Lower Canada (“The Shield of Achilles”) May 2, 1860

[Ed: McGee’s famous speech evoking the “Shield of Achilles,” his vision of a Canada from sea to sea, has inspired generations of Canadians....

 

June 19, 2017 at 12:19 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

Speech by Thomas D’Arcy McGee – The Double Majority, April 28, 1859

[Ed. In a speech denouncing the growing “spirit of disunion” in Canada, McGee criticizes the Cartier-Macdonald government for refusing to respond to Sandfield...

 

June 14, 2017 at 12:32 pm read more

Thomas D'Arcy McGee: The Idealist: MLI Paper by Alastair Gillespie

Latest entry in the Confederation Series shows Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an advocate for the federal union of British North America, a defender of...

 

June 8, 2017 at 9:55 am read more
Fathers of Confederation

Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Speech in the Confederation Debates – February 9, 1865

Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s speech in the Confederation Debates developed the idea of Canada, and the meaning of Canada’s New Nationality, a phrase he...

 

February 7, 2017 at 9:00 am read more
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    OTTAWA, ON (April 15, 2021): The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in...

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EP. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau...

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