The path leading to middle-class prosperity
By Chrystia Freeland
From The Globe & MailSocial mobility is one of the casualties of rising income inequality and the hollowing out of the middle class. We must do everything we can to lean against that trend, particularly investing in public education, starting in preschool. Second, we need
July 17, 2013
High time for Ottawa to embrace Idle No More
By Andrew Cardozo
The lives of Aboriginal people are just as diverse as the lives of other Canadians, they care about employment, income levels, education, health care, the environment, pipelines, global warming, transportation, culture and language. The concerns are ro
May 15, 2013
Mixed review: how Canada is viewed abroad
By Sergio Marchi
From Speech to the Canadian Club of GenevaWe took pride in the roles that we could and did play, in an effort to make the world a better place. We excelled as bridge builders; as neutral players in crisis situations; as proponents of creative policy solutions; as honest brokers. These were co
May 1, 2013
An insider’s review of the Pearson Government
By James A.Coutts
In the end, we see a man who achieved a great deal on the world stage and for his country. His and his team’s reforms have served us well for 50 years. But what was achieved is a tribute to this rumpled reformer, who shifted agendas regularly and manag
April 25, 2013
There is a way for better Parliamentary decorum
By Ken Boshcoff
I truly believe that the Canadian public, confronted by the behaviour in the Commons, would welcome a leader or a Member or a party that vows to restore the honour in the House. In October of 2004 along with dozens of other rookies of all the stripes w
April 22, 2013
Youth perspectives on Lester B. Pearson
By Adam De Sousa, Erica van Wyngaarden & Sébastien Belliveau
Adam De Sousa: Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson accomplished many a great things on the international stage throughout his tenure. I need not go into great detail of all of these accomplishments for I am sure that the great many of you are well aware o
April 22, 2013
A condensed history of Pearson
By Andrew Cohen
“I have been fortunate in all my lives,” said Lester Pearson. “I’ve had almost as many as a cat.” It was true. Lester Pearson lived many lives, offering many lessons, and it is those lives and lessons that we celebrate today. Those lives took him from
April 22, 2013
Memories of the Pearson Government
By Rt. Hon. Herb Gray and Sharon Sholzberg-Gray
Herb Gray: April 8, 1963 – that’s the day that Lester B. Pearson was elected Prime Minister of Canada and that’s the day I won my second election as M.P. for Essex West, now Windsor West – the 2nd of my 13 consecutive election victories. I won a majori
April 22, 2013
Lester B. Pearson’s impressive record
By Justin Trudeau
Merci Rachel et James, merci a tous et toutes ce soir qui sont ici pour souvenier un homme extraordinaire qui a marqué l’histoire du Canada comme tres peux des gens. We are of course surrounded tonight by tremendous eminent historians and people with s
April 22, 2013
My great grand father’s legacy
By Mieka Buckley-Pearson
Thank you for hosting this event as well as inviting me to speak on behalf of the family. Malheureusement il est assez difficile de nous rassemblons tous, mais c’est avec grand plaisir que je prends la parole au nom de la famille. I’ve been thinking ab
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