Fitzhenry & Whiteside (2004)
Great Canadian Speeches is a national bestseller and a thought-provoking collection of the finest speeches in Canadian history, among them:
Sir John A. MacDonald making a case for Confederation, while Joseph Howe argues against it; Louis Riel pleading his case to a Regina jury in 1885; Nellie McClung demanding the vote for women; Dr. Norman Bethune urging Canadians to support the Republican cause in Spain; Pierre Trudeau and Rene Levesque facing off in the 1980 Quebec referendum; Thomas Homer-Dixon pondering Canada’s future in an increasingly unstable world; David Suzuki addressing environmental challenges; Jean Chretien on the Trade Tower bombing; Justin Trudeau’s “Je t’aime papa”; Stephen Lewis’ talk on AIDS and the west; and many more.
“A history of Canada as seen from the podium.” – Paul Gessell, Ottawa Citizen.
Available from: Amazon and Fitzhenry & Whiteside (1-800-387-9776)
Great Canadian Speeches 