One of the most important federal Grits of his generation, Ralph Goodale, is celebrating his 77th birthday today. First elected to the Commons in 1974, this proud son of Saskatchewan went on to serve in the cabinets of Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau. He also served Canada well as the nation’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2025. I know all readers of Art’s History, whatever their partisan views, are wishing Mr. Goodale well on his special 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.