Author of the article: Art Milnes
Publishing date: Feb 13, 2021  â¢Â February 13, 2021  â¢Â 4 minute read British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, left, and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker on Broad Street outside the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, U.K., at the University of Oxford in 1960. Photo by University of Saskatchewan
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In the aftermath of the bloodbath that was the First World War, a visit by Canadaâs Governor General was just the tonic Kingston needed.
It was June 1919, and the communityâs leaders from Royal Military College, Queenâs University and Kingston city council prepared for His Excellency the Duke of Devonshireâs visit down to the last detail. Speeches of welcome for the vice-regal guest were written, rewritten and then rehearsed over and over again.
by Letters to the editor on Thursday Feb 04 2021
Monday, February 1 marked the four year anniversary of Trudeau s broken promise on electoral reform.
“We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using FPtP”
It was a key campaign promise which Trudeau repeated over 1800 times. An all party parliamentary committee, ERRE, heard from experts from around the world, MPs sought input from constituents and 360,000 Cdns completed a national survey. The committee s majority report recommended a process towards adopting an effective system of proportional representation for Canada, and it was not the only study in Canada to do so either.
by Letters to the editor on Wednesday Feb 03 2021
Dear Editor:
Monday, February 1 marked the four year anniversary of Trudeau s broken promise on electoral reform.
“We are committed to ensuring that the 2015 election will be the last federal election using FPtP”
It was a key campaign promise which Trudeau repeated over 1800 times. An all party parliamentary committee, ERRE, heard from experts from around the world, MPs sought input from constituents and 360,000 Cdns completed a national survey. The committee s majority report recommended a process towards adopting an effective system of proportional representation for Canada, and it was not the only study in Canada to do so either.
City Notebook: Long talked about issues come to a head Monday
Poll
Do you agree with the city’s decision to collapse certain advisory boards into one, nine-member Community Vibrancy Board?
Yes
Two heavyweight issues both appear on Monday night’s council agenda.
Haven’t we been talking about the City Centre Development Agency and the Veiner Centre non stop for about 10 years now?
When council last met, the annual matter of approving the business investment area’s budget became a wide-ranging discussion about how to reform the agency that for years has been dogged by detractors and held responsible for downtown’s fortunes.
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