#wilfred laurier

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Reciprocity Benefits" cigar

"Uncle Sam - I'll smoke it, you may smell it."

From the Berlin (Kitchener) News Record, September 6 1911

[Context from my pal DN]: The 1911 federal election was the first "free trade" election. In office since 1896, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals sought their fifth consecutive sweeping majority. President Taft's proposal of lowering tariffs became the central political issue. Wrapped in the Union Jack, Robert Borden's Conservatives opposed free trade and argued that Canada would be taken over by the United States.

The election was close but the Conservatives came out ahead. The entrenched Liberal machine built around Laurier ensured the Liberals carried Quebec, but with a significant loss of seats to the Conservatives. The Liberals also carried Atlantic Canada, but just barely, signalling the crumbling of the old opposition to Confederation in the 1860s in which it was correctly predicted that losing free trade with New England would result in Atlantic Canadian industry being swallowed up by Montreal capital. The predictions came true, and Nova Scotia in particular suffered through a wave of deindustrializatoin in the 1880s and 1890s as Montreal capital bought up local concerns and shuttered them in favour of greater concentrations of industry in Montreal and the St. Lawrence Valley.

In the new prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, the Liberals continued to dominate as colonization rapidly expanded the number of farmers who quickly found themselves locked into an east-west trade cartel controlled by the rail monopolies of CPR, Canadian Northern, and the Grand Trunk Pacific (the latter two would be nationalized and form Canadian National in 1919). The farmers were incensed that they were blocked from trading south to American markets at cheaper freight rates.

The Conservatives cut into Liberal support in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, but the bulk of its support came from Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia - the three Anglo provinces where industrial capitalism had taken hold during the "Second Industrial Revolution" that began in the 1890s. Not only that, but Ontario, Manitoba and BC were politically dominated by the most militant Anglo founders of Confederation. Through the Orange Terror of the 1870s against the Métis and their democratic allies, and a sustained political struggle against French language schooling rights, the bilingual and multicultural character of Manitoba had been legally and politically extinguished by the mid-1890s (and was a contributing factor to Laurier's Liberals winning the 1896 election, ending 18 years of Conservative rule).

Likewise, British Columbia was politically loyal to the project of Confederation. It had been aggressively established as a British colonial outpost in the 1850s for the Empire's project of a united British North America and establishing a British base in the northwestern Pacific. The 1860s was marked by a series of colonial wars and punitive expeditions by British gunboats, redcoats and settler terrorist groups. Colonial victory was achieved with the deliberate smallpox genocide of Indigenous peoples on Vancouver Island which spread to Haida Gwaii and the mainland. Estimates of 15,000 to 30,000 Indigenous peoples died in a year - half the Indigenous population of Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii. White people in Victoria, population 5,000 in 1862, were busy getting vaccinated, the smallpox vaccine having been discovered decades before available in the Pacific Northwest by the 1850s. By 1911, British Columbia had become a major coal and lumber exporter and the terminus of three new transcontinental railroads (CPR at Port Moody and Granville; Canadian Northern at Port Mann and later Pacific Central Station; Grand Trunk Pacific at Prince Rupert).

It seemed like the Conservatives had re-established their once-powerful "National Policy" coalition of British imperialists, Canadian capitalists and the Anglo working class. However, the Second Industrial Revolution, the two new transcontinental railways, and colonization of the prairies had radically expanded and altered the character of the industrial working class and the role of the state in society. The brewing rebellion of farmers, the Vancouver Coal Wars of 1912-1914, the great IWW strike of the Grand Trunk Pacific in 1913, and the success of state capitalist development (Ontario Hydro Commission - 1906, Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway - 1902, King's Industrial Disputes Investigation Act - 1907) were all harbingers of radical change that exploded with the pressure cooker of the Great War.

Farmers struck out on their own after the war with farmer parties taking power in Ontario (1919), Alberta (1921) and Manitoba (1922). The working-class insurgency of 1919 shook the ruling class and forged a broad and complex vanguard of radical working-class politics and action that formed a foundation for the great class struggles of the 1930s and 1940s.

The Conservatives, during and immediately following the war, were pressed to concede the vote of women, albeit through opportunistic means to win the 1917 election in favour of conscription, nationalize the CNoR and Grand Trunk in 1919, and lose its popular "producer" base that had won it power in 1911 and undergirded its electoral success during the first 30 years of Confederation.

Ever the opportunists, the Liberals under King abandoned the free trade mantra and spent the next 30 years overseeing the renovation of the Canadian state in the interest of capital while playing a ruthless game of stick, carrot and more stick against the growing insurgency of the "producer" classes which had grown too large and self-conscious to contain within a bourgeois two-party system.

The next seventy years would hold to this pattern until the economic base of the farmer and labour movements had sufficiently crumbled by the 1980s, at which point the Progressive Conservatives (a name courtesy of a 1940s merger of the Conservatives and a section of the farmer-based Progressives) pulled the plug on the National Policy of protective tariffs and home market development in favour of free trade with the United States.

With Mulroney's victory in the 1988 "free trade" election and subsequent refusal of provincial governments to challenge the free trade agreement (Bob Rae promised he would during his successful 1990 election campaign), the old 20th century political arrangements have collapsed. The small farmer class has disappeared to political insignificance. The working-class has been radically transformed since deindustrialization and free trade. The three-party political system that dominated the 1919-1990 period has collapsed and been remade with new coalitions of forces and factions - even if the party names carry forward into a new century.

With one "producer" class still standing - the working class - and the colonial and capitalist failures of Confederation coming home to roost at home and abroad, can a new vision and program for Canada be forged by a new working-class movement?

#canadian history #kitchener #free trade #reciprocity #national policy #canadian politics #1911 federal election #bordern government #liberal party of canada #conservative party of canada #wilfred laurier

[wanderingmind867]

My Voting Record (Canadian Elections). Here's what I've managed to get so far:

1911: Conservative Party (Led by Robert Borden)

My reasoning: The Liberals were pushing for free trade with the US. That automatically takes points off. I don't trust the US. Why trade with an Imperialist country who more likely than not will return the favour with attacks. Let's not forget 1812! Also, screw Missouri Senator Champ Clark! He implied he wanted to annex Canada! How dare he! I hope he's rotting now! Anyways, the Conservatives are Pro-Britain and Anti-America. They share my sentiments exactly. So I'm voting Conservative!

1917: Laurier Liberals (Led by Wilfred Laurier)

My reasoning: Although I previously said I wholeheartedly support Britain (I still support them more than I support America), I also value self-preservation. The Unionists (Conservatives and Pro-Conscription Liberals) introduced proscription in 1917. And I'm sorry, but I'm not willing to risk being sent off to fight for the army. For the simple reason that I am both very pacifistic and also very, very scared of dying, I'm voting Laurier. I didn't love his plans for a free trade agreement with the US in 1911, but at least he won't send me off to die in war!

1963: Progressive Conservative Party (Led by John Diefenbaker).

My reasoning: I'm voting for him because he stood up to JFK. Diefenbaker stood up to the Americans, and I really appreciate that! Considering they once wanted to annex us, I have little love for the american politicians! And since Lester B. Pearson is so close to the americans and JFK, I can't vote for him.

1965: Progressive Conservative Party (Led by John Diefenbaker)

My reasoning: All the parties have some decent proposals, but I don't love their leaders. Lester B. Pearson is too close to America, Tommy Douglas used to be a eugenicist, the social credit party is too small and too socially conservative, etc. Only Diefenbaker was willing to stand up to America. And he opposed apartheid. So he's got my vote. I was tempted by the NDPs platform, though.

1968: Progressive Conservative Party (Led by Robert Stanfield)

My reasoning: Wikipedia said Stanfield once promised a universal basic income, but had to walk it back a little after the more right wing members of his party thought it too socialist. Still, Stanfield has my vote. I still don't love Tommy Douglas (but I like the NDP platform) and Trudeau isn't my first choice, so for Stanfield I shall vote!

1972: NDP (Led by David Lewis)

My Reasoning: Although David Lewis isn't my first choice (he's very moderate and helped convince the party to support capitalism, although at least it was only capitalism with regulations), the platform is simply too good this time. I would have gone with the PCs again, but they wanted to ban strikes in essential services. And I can't support that. And although Trudeau and the Liberals aren't bad (I like quite a few of their stances and trudeau isn't bad), the NDP still have my vote!

1974: The Liberal Party (Led by Pierre Trudeau)

My reasoning: Wikipedia sadly did not have a handy guide to the parties policies this time, so I had to download a PDF of the parties policies and skim them. There's only one main policy that really stood out to me: and that was the promise of a guaranteed annual income. Both the NDP and the Liberal party promised a guaranteed annual income (or something similar). But since the Liberal platform specifically mentioned money for those who can't work due to disabilities, they've got my vote! They spoke to one of the few issues I can say I hold a very personal stake in! I probably can't and also don't want to work, so I need that money! So it's the Liberals for me!

1979: NDP (Led by Ed Broadbent)

#canada #politics #elections #canadian politics #canadian elections #my voting record #if I was alive back then #autism #neurodivergent #adhd #asd #canadian history

[ivorytowersdragqueen]

Drag queen Ivory Towers at Wilfred Laurier - Just Dance from Ivory Towers on Vimeo.

Drag queen Ivory Towers at Wilfred Laurier - Just Dance

[mitchbeck]

HARTFORD WOLF PACK OPEN TRAINING CAMP

By: Gerry Cantlon, HowlingsHARTFORD, CT - The Hartford Wolf Pack released their training camp roster on Sunday, which includes ten hopefuls on Professional Try-Out contracts (PTO).The players on PTOs are goaltender Brad Arvanitis, defensemen Matthew Cairns, Ryan McCleary, Steven MacLean, Billy Constantinou. and Chris Cameron. Also on PTOs are forwards Luka Burzan, Peter Laviolette Jr., James Hardie, and Michal Mrazik. All of them are looking to make the Pack's opening night roster.With more cuts coming by the New York Rangers, the Wolf Pack will start camp with 17 forwards, ten defensemen, and three goaltenders on their training camp roster.Forwards (17): Matej Pekar (Cincinnati-ECHL/Rochester), Turner Elson, Riley Nash (Charlotte-AHL), Anton Blidh (Colorado-AHL/NHL/Hartford), Luka Burzan* (Ft. Wayne-Cincinnati-ECHL/ Cleveland-AHL), Karl Henriksson, Sahil Panwar (Peterborough/Hamilton-OHL), Adam Sýkora (HK Nitra-Slovakia/Harford), Peter Laviolette Jr.* (Wheeling-ECHL like his Rangers' Head Coach, he played Division III college hockey), Ryder Korczak (Moose Jaw-WHL/Hartford-5), Bobby Trivigno, Maxim Barbashev (Moncton-QMJHL), James Hardie* (Mississauga-OHL/Cincinnati-ECHL), Alex Belzile (Laval/Montreal), Drew Worrad (Toledo-ECHL/Grand Rapids), Cristiano DiGiacinto (Hartford/Jacksonville-ECHL), and Michal Mrazik* (Atlanta-ECHL/Tucson).Defensemen (10): Matthew Cairns* (Cincinnati-ECHL/Milwaukee), Connor Mackey (Calgary-NHL/Arizona/Team USA-WC, his father is former NHL'er Dave Mackey), Zach Berzolla (Cincinnati-ECHL/Rochester), Blake Hillman, Seth Barton (Toledo-ECHL/Grand Rapids), Nikolas Brouillard (San Diego), Steven MacLean* (Wilfred Laurier-OUAA/Cincinnati-ECHL), Ryan McCleary* (Portland-WHL, rights traded to Swift Current, and the son of New Haven Senator Trent McCleary), Billy Constantinou* (Wichita/Norfolk/Wichita-ECHL/San Jose-AHL), and Chris Cameron* (Indy-ECHL/Milwaukee).Goaltenders (3): Brad Arvanitis*(Rapid City/Tulsa/Wichita-ECHL/Pensacola-SPHL), Talyn Boyko (Kelowna-WHL), and Olof Lindbom (Jacksonville-ECHL/Hartford).Later, the Rangers assigned seven more players to Hartford. All of them played in Hartford last year.The players are goaltender Dylan Garand, defensemen Matthew Robertson and Brandon Scanlin, and forwards Adam Edström Rögle BK (Sweden-SHL/Hartford), Matt Rempe, Brett Berard (Providence College-HE/Hartford), and Jake Leschyshyn (Las Vegas-New York/Hartford). RANGERS PRESEASON The New York Islanders scored three times in the first period on Saturday night against Hamden-born Jonathan Quick.The Rangers started slowly, but the Islanders didn't. The Islanders got a secondary assist on the first goal from ex-Pack/Ranger Julien Gauthier, battling for a position in Belmont.Jonny Brodzinski, who's getting an extended look by the Rangers, had three shots in the first two periods, including the best-quality shot in the second frame for the Rangers.The Rangers started the third period well. Ex-Pack Ryan Lindgren had a quality bid from the right-wing side. Brennan Othmann then scored the first Rangers' goal at the right side of the net, knocking it down with his right skate and whacking the bouncing biscuit into the cage.The Rangers have been pleased with what they've seen from Othmann to this point but need to decide whether to keep him in a limited role or send him to develop in Hartford, where he'll get first-line minutes and power play time.Another last season Pack, Will Cullye, continued to impress, sparking a late comeback that fell short. The hulking 6'4 forward was net front and swatted the puck out of mid-air and into the net to make it 4-3.The Islanders sealed the deal with an empty-netter for the 5-3 final. EMBERSON CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS The Wolf Pack lost last season's right-handed defenseman Ty Emberson to the San Jose Sharks on a waiver claim on Saturday.The Rangers were forced to put Emberson on waivers as a veteran to get him to Hartford, and the Sharks took him. Emberson was a collegiate teammate and defensive partner of K'Andre Miller and is heading back out West, where he started his career (Tucson), heading to the AHL San Jose Barracuda.The club assigned six others to the Wolf Pack. They included defenseman Connor Mackey, who was signed in the off-season. There are options for forward Adam Sýkora, who played two games at the end of last year. He is 19 years old and could be sent back to junior with the Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL), where he was the #1 overall pick in last year's CHL Import Draft, or he could return to his native Slovakia like he did last year, or he could be in Hartford.Also heading to Hartford is Turner Elson, a jack-of-all-trades last season for the Wolf Pack, who will likely have an "A" on his sweater this year. Joining him will be Alex Belzile, a captain in Laval with the Rocket, who spent some time in Montreal with the Canadiens last year because of the severe spate of injuries.Anton Blidh came over to Hartford having a sub-par early part of the season with the Colorado Eagles and then briefly with the Avalanche. However, he became a significant asset helping the Wolf Pack when acquired at the trade deadline. He helped the Pack make the playoffs, ending an eight-year drought, not counting the pandemic year and was rewarded with a two-year deal in the off-season.The Rangers also sent Riley Nash, a point-per-game player with the Charlotte Checkers and a thorn in the side of the Wolf Pack, before joining the team last season.The Rangers have 24 players remaining in camp, meaning depending upon salary-cap numbers, one or two could stay in the Big Apple. PLAYER MOVEMENT Forward Ty Smilanic (Quinnipiac University), who grad-transferred to Wisconsin-Madison (Big 10) last year, was sent to Laval by Montreal after acquiring his rights from the Florida Panthers at last year's Trade Deadline.Vegas sent ex-Pack Mason Geersten to the Henderson Silver Knights.Ex-Pack's Justin Richards and Dustin Tokarski are sent to the Rochester Americans pending clearing waivers.Ex-Pack Tommy Hughes starts his second season as an NHL linesman wearing #65.West Hartford's Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Quinnipiac University) wears #42 and starts his second year as an NHL/AHL referee.The referee with the second most Stanley Cup games officiated games in NHL history at 42 is still the late, great Rangers 1970s TV color commentator, Bill "The Big Whistle" Chadwick.You can still hear Chadwick's foghorn voice and memorable observations.Chadwick was surpassed by two games by Bill McCreary Sr. His cousin is the President/Head coach/GM Billy McCreary of the Danbury Hat Tricks (FPHL).His other hockey claim to fame was a hard, clean, legal hit he made on Wayne Gretzky, then in his second season with Edmonton (NHL) and who had four pro seasons under his belt at the point, two WHA and two NHL.McCreary lived and walked out of the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton alive but never played another game or NHL shift for Toronto or anyone else.HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

#AHL #DylanGarand #HartfordWolfPack #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #XLCenter

[thomdoesthings]

I love Civilization VI for many reasons but mainly because of the weird situations you can put these historical figures in. I, Cleopatra, am currently besties with Kublai Khan and Wilfred Laurier fighting Cyrus the Great

[literarytourist-blog-blog]

Gerry Butts and John Duffy on How Canada Works

Last year when John Duffy, a Canadian political strategist and writer, died at the age of 58, I noticed an outpouring of genuine love, and sadness, on Twitter, along with frequent references to his book Fights of our Lives. It was called one the best ever written on Canadian politics. So I picked up a copy. It's filled with dozens of old photographs, and images of period posters, and flyers, buttons, correspondence, and other fascinating bits and pieces of ephemera and memorabilia: the 'confetti of history' as Walter Benjamin liked to put it, plus it features these great 'diagrams' of game plans, 'playbooks,' that John came up with to explain the strategies and tactics used in what he considered to be the five most consequential elections in Canadian history. It was visually captivating, and a fun informative read, so I decided to feature it on The Biblio File Book Club. But who to engage with?

  Several people suggested Justin Trudeau's close friend and advisor, Gerry Butts. After a bit of toing and froing, and my prematurely and, as it turns out, quite erroneously, dismissing him as a typical political bounder, it all came together. Gerry agreed to play ball. We met in person several days ago at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa. 

  Gerry is currently Vice Chairman of The Eurasia Group, a risk management firm with offices around the world. We talk here about John Duffy's optimism, about whether or not elections matter; about cynicism, championship debating, Canada's business elite, the PBO's report on income inequality, the urban-rural divide, 1300 Dollarama stores, lifting children out of poverty, the King-Bing Affair, SNC Lavalin, the Manitoba School crisis, Wilfred Laurier and Justin Trudeau's 'Sunny Ways,' kicking the can down the road; Lament for a Nation, and Mel Hurtig. There's a James Joyce quote. Gerry tells a joke about Franz Kafka on the way out the door, and I recommend that he reads Nora Krug's illustrated edition of On Tyranny. 

  Plus another thing: we're both convinced that John Duffy's Fights of our Lives (egregiously it's both out of print and published by an American multi-national) should be made into a TV Series as soon as possible.  

Check out this episode!

[skyhighlesbian]

Best cannabis stores Kitchener

New to KW? Whether you're an understudy, guest, or new to the area, here's where you can track down the closest friend around.

Kitchener-Waterloo is home to two unbelievable colleges, what's more that, the tech scene is flourishing. A bustling little spot's loaded with dedicated understudies, labourers, and entrepreneurs hoping to offer some relief. Fortunately for them, we know simply the spots.

Right away, here's where to track down your number one weed items. See Spice's picks for the best dispensaries in Kitchener-Waterloo beneath.

Blissful Leaf Weed

The item determination at Cheerful Leaf is unrivalled. This curious, reasonable, and homeboy-like shop on Lester Road and Hickory Road sits impeccably between Wilfred Laurier College and the College of Waterloo.

Their educational menu screens are unimaginably useful in separating each item, and their weedy stylistic layout makes the shopping experience total. This family-possessed and-run dispensary has the absolute most pleasant and most very much educated budtenders in KW.

The energy is different at Blissful Leaf Weed in the best of ways. It's not your typical dispensary. At the point when you stroll in, you'll know precisely the exact thing we're discussing. Trust us when we say this is certainly your new most loved spot, so tell a companion.

Your necessities will constantly be met at Blissful Leaf. On the off chance that an item isn't something the proprietors and staff would utilise, it will not be on the racks.

Area: 308 Lester St #112, Waterloo, ON N2L 0H9

Hours: Open day to day 11am - 11pm

Telephone: [phone]

Site: happyleafcannabis.ca

The Bridgeport Weed Co.

Only a couple of moments east of Wilfred Laurier College lies The Bridgeport Weed Co. This dispensary is another solid shop while you're searching for a noteworthy item choice at incredible costs.

Their staff is anxious to supply you with something beneficial and never stops until you have all the data you really want about a particular item.

Area: 8 Bloomingdale Rd N Unit #4, Kitchener, ON N2K 1A2

Hours: Mon-Thurs 11am-7pm, Friday 11am-8pm, Saturday 11am-7pm, Sunday 11am-3pm

Telephone: [phone]

Site: bridgeportcannabis.ca

Uptown Spice

Magnificence meets proficiency at Uptown Spice. Weed darlings revere the learned staff and one of a kind items at this shop, also the liberal costs that understudies will particularly appreciate.

It's a family-claimed and working store whose staff is knowledgeable on their item choice to guarantee you leave with something you can celebrate.

Area: 56 Lord St N, Waterloo, ON N2J 2X1

Hours: Mon-Thurs 10am-10pm, Fri-Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 11am-7pm

Telephone: [phone]

Site: uptownherb.ca

Good country Pot

South of KW's school region lies High country Marijuana, a stylish and very much loaded shop that is certain to cover your canna needs.

Sitting in the Evergreen Court on High country Street in Kitchener, this nearby and freely claimed dispensary is stacked with a great cluster of marijuana items and a well disposed staff to assist you with tracking down them, figure them out, and love them.

Area: 370 Good country Rd W, Kitchener, ON N2M 5J9

Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 11am-8pm

Telephone: [phone]

Site: highlandonhighland.com

Spirit Leaf Dawn

Spirit Leaf goes past the weed retail insight. Here, you're welcome to be a piece of a local area paying little mind to status, age, identity, or doctrine.

From educated budtenders to the wide cluster of pursued, well known items, Spiritleaf Dawn is an incredible decision for new and prepared pot darlings. The cutting edge inside plan and the staff's inspiring mentality are reviving.

Area: 1400 Ottawa St S Unit B7, Kitchener, ON N2E 4E2

Hours: Mon-Thurs 10am-10pm, Fri-Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 9am-9pm

Telephone: [phone]

Site: spiritleaf.ca

#cannabis stores Kitchener #weed dispensary #marijuana dispensary

[jamesmacdonaldphotographer]

June 2022 | Heat wave blur over the Salish Sea as the @coastguardcan vessel Sir Wilfred Laurier sails under the summit of Mt. Rainier near Seattle. It’s hot in the PNW, and it’s glorious. #Victoria #OakBay #WillowsBeach #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #MtRainier #WashingtonState #CCGVSirWilfredLaurier #200to500ofzoomiegoodness (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfTDCysrrjc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#victoria #oakbay #willowsbeach #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #canada #mtrainier #washingtonstate #ccgvsirwilfredlaurier #200to500ofzoomiegoodness

[supersoftly]

When you got a PhD in social justice yet suck at making games, just become a game design prof in Canada

#ugh #steve wilcox #wilfred laurier

[mtahayley]

Why Music Therapy?

Why not? 

Bridging the gap between being creative and helping others comes into existence in the form of Music Therapy. 

Are you looking to become a music therapist? There are currently four programs of study across Canada. These include:

- Acadia University (BMT or Certificate)

- Canadian Mennonite University (BMT)

- Concordia University (MA or GrDip)

- Wilfred Laurier University (BMT or MMT)

There are many resources to help caregivers, friends, families, and students understand what music therapy is and what it can do for those in your community. 

Here are a few useful websites to use: 

- www.musictherapy.ca 

- www.musictherapyacademy.com

-  www.musictherapyontario.com

- www.atlanticmusictherapy.ca

- www.mtabc.com

#music therapy #music therapy mania #music therapy lovers #music therapy students #healthcare #dementia care #ontario #canada #acadia university #concordia university #wilfred laurier university #canadian mennonite university #camt #accredited music therapists #internship #stroke #autism #developmental delay #long-term care #seniors care #community #changing health care #creative therapies

[lacrimis]

Tomb of Sir Wilfred Laurier, Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, ON - by Snuffy

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, was prime minister of Canada 1896–1911, lawyer, journalist, politician (born 20 November 1841 in St-Lin, Canada East; died 17 February 1919 in Ottawa, ON ). As leader of the Liberal Party 1887–1919 and prime minister 1896–1911, Laurier was the dominant political figure of his era.

Founded in 1854, the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery is a 343-acre cemetery located in the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace neighborhood, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The entrance and the gardens cover a part of the Côte-des-Neiges road and the slopes of Mount Royal.

#cemetery #notre dame cemetery #tomb #graveyard #statue #coffin #ottawa #canada #snuffy #sir wilfred laurier #gravestone #tombstone #mourning #beautiful #px #silence

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Anti-Draftist Hits Out at Radio Ban,” Sault Star. April 16, 1942. Page 1. ---- MONTREAL, Apr 16—(CP) — Liguori Lacombe, member of Parliament for Laval-Two Mountains, said at a public meeting last night that the present Liberal leaders were “defiling the principles of the Laurier regime." He spoke in French in a continuation of his campaign for a negative vote in the Dominion manpower plebiscite, April 27. 

The lone representative of the new Canadian Party said that he was one of the few "true Liberals” remaining in Parliament and still carrying on the fight waged by Sir Wilfred Laurier against conscription. 

Mr. Lacombe referred to what he termed the "ban" of the Canadian broadcasting corporation on “anti-conscription broadcasts” and said it was in complete disregard of liberty and justice. 

(The CBC has announced that free time to discuss the plebiscite will be granted only to leaders of recognized political parties.)

Before the meeting was over a group of about 100 youths marched away shouting “a bas la conscription.” (Down with conscription.)

#montreal #laval #anticonscriptionist party #conscription in canada #resistance to conscription #canadian party #histoire de québec #province de québec #french canada #liberal party of canada #mackenzie king government #national plebiscite on conscription #canada during world war 2 #canadian broadcasting corporation

[stevenbuechler]

Carefully Considering Timothy Findley | Review of "Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley" (2020) Wilfred Laurier University Press

Carefully Considering Timothy Findley | Review of “Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley” (2020) Wilfred Laurier University Press

Image linked from the publisher’s website Culture is suppose to a reflection of our reality. In having that reality reflected back at us, we are suppose to ponder and consider the means of our existence. The detailed writings of Timothy Findley always had a personal sense of history and meaning for me yet the true understanding of how brutally honest his work was unclear. Sherrill Grace has…

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#Canadian authors #Canadian Biography #Canadian Literature #Canadiana #Sherrill Grace #Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley #Timothy Findlay #Wilfred Laurier University Press

[ivorytowersdragqueen]

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#AHL #AmericanHockeyLeague #CincinnatiCyclones #ECHL #GreenvilleSwampRabbits #HartfordWolfPack #KellyCup #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #XLCenter

[queereldritch]

24/11/2017, post started 1:21 PM. Edited to add details 5:50 PM

So there's a protest outside the Laurier campus in Waterloo.

Seeing a lot of "I stand with Lindsay" signs.

I do not stand with Lindsay.

My pronouns are not up for debate. My existence is not up for debate.

However I do agree that 3-1 panel thing was over the top.

It would be enough for one person to just let her know she should have said that people’s name and pronouns should be respected.

Silence about that benefits Peterson.

Because, let’s face it - there are LOTS of people who thing non-binary trans people are mentally ill. Who believe that there are only two genders.

Lindsay is a TA. She has power. Influence. She needs to use it wisely.

Despite what some debaters might like to think, their words do not exist in a vacuum.

If she wouldn’t debate a binary trans person’s name and pronouns, don’t debate non-binary person’s.

I am going to a job fair. So I can't exactly stick around.

Also:

http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/wlu-trans-students-facing-hate-on-campus-and-online-advocate-1.3689827

TLDR: Lindsay's 3 to 1 reprimand was over the top but she made mistakes too.

#personal #transgender #lindsay shepherd #non binary #wilfred laurier university #genderqueer #agender #laurier #pangender #bigender #trigender #queer #questioning #lgbtqia #lgbt