‘Sir John A. Macdonald, the greatest PM of all’ was the title of a January 9, 2015, Toronto Star opinion piece commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Canada’s first prime minister. The editorial’s author was the late Richard Gwyn, the Toronto Star’s leading political columnist for years. Given the present-day vilification of Macdonald, it is well worth considering Gwyn’s celebration of Canada’s founder because it comes from a left-of-centre journalist who wrote a highly acclaimed, best-selling two-volume biography of Canada’s founder ... CLICK HERE for the full story
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