With the 1983 federal PC leadership in full swing, candidate Brian Mulroney was grilled relentlessly by BCTV’s legendary interviewer Jack Webster on this date in 1983. Back then, facing Webster’s questions was a right of passage for any serious politician when visiting British Columbia. You can watch the sparring match between Webster and Mulroney at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTpLmlc3LE0
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.