Recently retired from politics, former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was honoured by Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario on this date in 2004. In receiving an Honorary Degree, Canada’s 20th Prime Minister left his graduating student audience with some important advice. “Honour your country,” he said. “Believe in yourself. Believe in your ability to contribute to building an ever-stronger Canada. Be prepared to fight for it. Always love it." Wise words.
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.