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: 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!
Today in Canada's Political History: January 15, 1939, Franklin Roosevelt’s second Ambassador to Canada finishes his duties in Ottawa
Today in Canada's Political History: January 14, 1892, Kingston Whig-Standard editorialists weigh in after Laurier’s first-ever visit to the Limestone City
Today in Canada's Political History: January 13, 1928, Rookie Tory leader R.B. Bennett’s leadership-style celebrated as he prepares to face Mackenzie King in Parliament
Today in Canada's Political History: January 12, 1960, Students Joe Clark and Jim Coutts duke it out at a university Model Parliament!
Today in Canada's Political History: January 11, Happy birthday Sir John A. and the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien!
Today in Canada's Political History: January 10, 2023, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden hold talks
Today in Canada's Political History: January 9, 1957, Sir Robert Borden’s Parliament Hill statue unveiled
Today in Canada's Political History: January 8, 2014, Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper speaks in Inuvik, NWT
Today in Canada's Political History: January 7, 1910, Laurier sets an example that could be a model for today’s party leaders
Today in Canada's Political History: January 6, 1949, Eleanor Roosevelt calls for increased trading ties between Canada and the United States
Today in Canada's Political History: January 5, 1959, Future PM Joe Clark is announced as editor of a new publication for Tory youth in Alberta
Today in Canada's Political History: January 4, 1973, CTV’s Bruce Phillips defends his network’s year-end interview with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Today in Canada's Political History: January 3, 1895, Canadian newspapers report on Sir John Thompson’s laying-in-state
Today in Canada's Political History: January 2, 1980, Canadian and American officials hold a crucial meeting to discuss smuggling six U.S. diplomats out of Iran
Today in Canada's Political History: January 1, 1951, PM Louis St-Laurent arrives in London after a 24-hour trip across the Pond!
Today in Canada's Political History: December 31, 1981, Happy birthday to Manitoba’s history-making Premier, Wab Kinew!
Today in Canada's Political History: December 30, 1878, Happy birthday William ‘Bible Bill’ Aberhart!
Today in Canada's Political History: December 29, 2024, Jimmy Carter passes into history
Today in Canada's Political History: December 28, 2019, Former Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper named a Companion of the Order of Canada
Today in Canada's Political History:  December 27, 1920, Lady Laurier has a gift for Mackenzie King!