Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... levels. In these pages over the last several years, I have compared Harper to the inimitable Mackenzie King, 22 years our prime minister, a man so self-righteously devious that he recorded without comment his own skullduggery in consecutive entries in his political diary (not in the excruciating companion record he kept of mundane occurrences such as his and his dog’s more noteworthy...
The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... as populist yarns goes, this one strains credulity. Stephen Harper channelling Brian Mulroney, or Mackenzie King , isn't really the galling bit. It's the pretence. The Stephen Harper who headed the National Citizens Coalition, is not the Stephen Harper who now governs Canada. Incrementalism doesn't just fail when you stop moving in the Right direction. It fails when people lose faith...
The Monarchist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A forerunner to the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Trinidad and Tobabago this weekend was the Imperial Conferences held amongst the dominion Prime Ministers of the British Empire a century earlier. The Emperor King George V (front, centre) with his prime ministers. Standing (left to right): Walter Monroe (Newfoundland), Gordon Coates (New Zealand), Stanley Bruce...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... were first said in our House of Commons Chamber. After his speech he was led by prime minister Mackenzie King across the corridor behind the chamber to the Speaker’s office where Yousuf Karsh had set up his lights and camera. But when Churchill stood before the camera he had, in his mouth, a cigar — Karsh leaned over and pulled the cigar from Churchill’s mouth. He...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... but just dandy for our washington desk'... Bring on the public inquiry and maybe you can get Mackenzie King's seance tossed into the whole tangled mess. Perhaps Harper can try and bribe an ill witness to tie up this whole mess and be done with it...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... charisma, and character" are the three salient features of political greatness, then names W.L. Mackenzie King--who had none of the three--as Canada's greatest leader. There are many vital, fascinating scholars doing excellent research out there, Mr. Paikin. Find them, and invite them.
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This Saturday just past at Torontoist, Kevin Plummer wrote an interesting article about what things were like in Toronto and for Torontonians during the Second World War. On September 10, 1939, Prime Minister Mackenzie King officially declared war on Germany. Toronto was impacted by the war almost immediately. Drawn by patriotism, adventure-seeking, or just the lure of a job after nearly...
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Visit of Chinese officials to John Inglis Company, February 27, 1942. City of Toronto Archives, Series 1057, Item 2171. On September 10, 1939, Prime Minister Mackenzie King officially declared war on Germany . Toronto was...
