All eyes were on the House of Commons chamber on this date in 1995 with President Bill Clinton in town to address MPs and Senators. As Leader of the Opposition and Quebec separatist Lucien Bouchard looked on, Clinton went to bat for a united Canada. “In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, Canada stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect,” he said. “Canada’s notable achievement of national unity and progress through accommodation, moderation, and forbearance can be studied with profit by sister nations.”
You can watch President Clinton’s speech at this link: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153861460424125
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.