Art's History

Arthur Milnes, an accomplished public historian, award-winning journalist and the in-house historian at the Frontenac Club Hotel, explores milestone moments in Canada’s political history, occasionally drawing upon his own interactions with some of the notable figures as he offers insightful glimpses and anecdotes that remind us that Canada, too, has a rich and colourful political history.
 

Today in Canada's Political History: February 14, 1957, Labour activist Pierre Trudeau attacks Quebec’s “backwardness”
Today in Canada's Political History: February 13, 1940, Former American President Herbert Hoover pays tribute to John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir)
Today in Canada's Political History: February 12, 2025, Former PM Kim Campbell encourages Canadians to defy Donald Trump by raising our flag high!
Today in Canada's Political History: February 11, 2025, Canada’s former Prime Ministers unite to call on Canadians to wave the flag!
Today in Canada's Political History: February 10, 1915, Former President Taft tells a Canadian reporter that his days in politics are over for good
Today in Canada's Political History: February 9, 1982, Canadian Ambassador to Washington Allan Gotlieb has his first encounter with U.S. Speaker Tip O’Neill
Today in Canada's Political History: February 8, 1995, Romeo LeBlanc becomes Governor General
Today in Canada's Political History: February 7, 2012, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II honoured in the Senate
Today in Canada's Political History: February 6, 2006, Happy anniversary Stephen Harper and team!
Today in Canada's Political History: February 5, 1901, Sir Charles Tupper resigns as Tory leader
Today in Canada's Political History: February 4, 1964, Future PM Joe Clark re-elected as national President of PC youth
Today in Canada's Political History: February 3, 1932, Prime Minister Arthur Meighen appointed to the Senate
Today in Canada's Political History: February 2, 1932, Edgar Nelson Rhodes appointed Minister of Finance
Today in Canada's Political History: February 1, 1882, Happy birthday Louis St.-Laurent!
Today in Canada's Political History: January 31, 1957, Thanksgiving is officially set as the second Monday in October on the Canadian calendar
Today in Canada's Political History: January 30, 1928, Canada’s Liberal government criticized for its inept handing of immigration, national projects and relations with Alberta concerning the province’s natural resources!
Today in Canada's Political History: January 29, 2001, Peter Milliken is elected Speaker for the first time!
Today in Canada's Political History: January 28, 1980, President Carter privately thanks Prime Minister Joe Clark for his government’s proud role in smuggling six American diplomats from revolutionary Iran
Today in Canada's Political History: January 27, 2001, Lorne Calvert become Saskatchewan’s NDP leader
Today in Canada's Political History: January 26, 2002, Brian Mulroney celebrates Sir Robert Borden
Today in Canada's Political History: January 25, 1972, Former PM Louis St.-Laurent give an interview on the eve of his 90th birthday
Today in Canada's Political History: January 24, 1978, Kosmos 954 crashes to earth
Today in Canada's Political History: January 23, 2006, Twentieth anniversary of Stephen Harper’s election as Prime Minister!
Today in Canada's Political History: January 22, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson and Prime Minister Lester Pearson sign the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Agreement
Today in Canada's Political History: January 21, 1970, A seventeen-year-old student disses Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau for his lack of respect for Parliament and backbench MPs
Today in Canada's Political History: January 20, 1994, Maiden address of future PM Stephen J. Harper in the Commons
Today in Canada's Political History: January 19, 1960, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker speaks about Indigenous voting rights
Today in Canada's Political History: January 18, 1968, Writing in the Toronto Star, former Diefenbaker minister sizes up Liberal leadership candidate John N. Turner
Today in Canada's Political History: January 17, 1961, Dief in D.C. for his final visit with President Eisenhower
Today in Canada's Political History: January 16, 1979, Happy birthday Mélanie Joly!