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Tag Archives: 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 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
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
Alastair Gillespie

"Dispatches from 1865" on George Brown: Alastair Gillespie in the National Post

In this series for the National Post, written by Munk Fellow Alastair Gillespie, leading statesmen from 1865 articulate the political challenges they grappled with....

 

February 6, 2015 at 2:43 pm read more

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    It's frustrating that Canada’s education sector prefers to impoverish Canada and its culture while bloating its own payrolls, writes Richard C. Owens in...

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    This article is part of a series by the Financial Post Comment. With next week’s federal budget fast approaching, FP Comment asked its...

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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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    It is clear that Canada must develop more courage and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with other liberal democracies to confront Beijing’s aggression. Canada needs more...

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