Canada Always
The Defining Speeches of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
In celebration of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's 175th birthday -- November 20th, 2016 is "Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day" -- this is the first time his most important and iconic speeches will be published in book form, annotated and with essays by a stunning array of politicians, journalists, and acclaimed academics.
"Sunny ways my friends, sunny ways." These were the words used in triumph by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the night he was elected Canada's 23rd Prime Minister. They were also the words Sir Wilfrid Laurier used to call Canadians to greatness a century before. Canada Always brings together the most significant speeches of one of Canada's greatest leaders on the 175th anniversary of his birth. Readers will follow Laurier from his earliest…
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October 25, 2016Arthur Milnes, a former speechwriter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, served as the research assistant on the Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney's Memoirs. He was co-editor (with Dr. Sarah K. Gibson) of Canada Transformed: The Speeches of Sir John A. Macdonald. His other previous books include studies of Prime Ministers John N. Turner, R.B. Bennett, Arthur Meighen and US Presidents George HW Bush, Franklin Roosevelt, and Jimmy Carter. He lives in Kingston and is a Fellow of the Queen's University School of Policy Studies, a speechwriter, and acclaimed public historian. The author lives in Kingston, ON.
Canada Always
Edited by Arthur Milnes