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Tag Archives: Macdonald

MLI Presents the Confederation Series

VIDEO: Sean Speer and Alastair Gillespie on the Confederation Series

For the latest edition of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Straight Talk Q & As, Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer spoke with Alastair Gillespie, Munk...

 

December 26, 2017 at 8:40 pm read more
Fathers of Confederation

"Dispatches from 1865" on Sir John A. Macdonald: 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 2:46 pm read more
Alastair Gillespie

John A. Macdonald was imperfect, but recognizably Canadian: Alastair Gillespie in the Post

The moral of Macdonald requires acceptance that his flaws are ours, writes Senior Munk Fellow Alastair Gillespie in the National Post.  One can...

 

January 13, 2015 at 2:28 pm read more

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