It was reflective Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who celebrated National Baseball Day on this date in 2017. He did so via a video message where he recalled the love of the game demonstrated by his grandfather, owner of the Montreal Royals in the 1930s, and the PM’s late father, Pierre Tudeau. In doing so Justin Trudeau also recalled his own youth and attending Montreal Expos games with his late father. You can watch Mr. Trudeau’s statement at this link: https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/message-prime-minister-canada-baseball-day/
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.