December 30, 1941: Today, of course, is the anniversary of one of the most famous speeches ever delivered by a leader in Canadian history.  That leader, of course, was Winston Churchill, who spoke before Canada's Parliament on this date in 1941. It has, and will forever be known, as the "some chicken, some neck," speech which rallied Canadians and all Allied nations during one of the darkest periods of the war.  YouTube has a fine video readers today might wish to watch to see Canada's MPs and Senators react as Sir Winston delivers his famous lines! One of the tidbits of Canadian political history involves my fallen friend, the Rt. Hon. John N. Turner.  Mr. Turner spent most of his childhood in Ottawa where his mother worked as a senior member of the federal public service.  And Phyllis Turner took her two children to Parliament Hill that historic day.  And so it was that the future Prime Minister of Canada enjoyed a brief handshake with Britain's greatest 20th century Prime Minister. Happy Churchill in Ottawa Day all!