A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<figure id="attachment_26930" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26930" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup.jpg?w=300"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-26930" title="at least it has brandy in it. " src="/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup.jpg?w=300" alt="Unfortunately, there were no wee bottles of scotch available. " width="300" height="225" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup.jpg 400w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup-300x225.jpg 300w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup-360x270.jpg 360w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup-120x90.jpg 120w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup-270x202.jpg 270w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup-123x92.jpg 123w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_closeup-273x204.jpg 273w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26930" class="wp-caption-text">Unfortunately, there were no wee bottles of scotch available. </figcaption></figure>
<a href="http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1381805" target="_blank">Who says</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gdGTK8JtsORATp2S5ZFIHYAvl4Zw" target="_blank">we don&#8217;t</a> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/564118" target="_blank">appreciate</a> our former prime ministers?

<figure id="attachment_26931" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-26931" style="width: 111px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_full.jpg?w=111"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-26931" title="surveying the political landscape" src="/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_full.jpg?w=111" alt="His eight majority record would seem to be safe for the moment. " width="111" height="300" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_full-111x300.jpg 111w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_full-44x120.jpg 44w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_full-45x123.jpg 45w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sjam_full-101x273.jpg 101w" sizes="(max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-26931" class="wp-caption-text">His eight majority record would seem to be safe for the moment. </figcaption></figure>
Sadly, ITQ wasn&#8217;t able to make it to <a href="http://www.kingstonthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1378869" target="_blank">Kingston</a> &#8211; or <a href="http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&amp;ct=ca/2-0&amp;fp=496a8cdc68f799ef&amp;ei=OABqScj5EJ_-hAO36KXFCw&amp;url=http%3A//www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx%3Fe%3D1381752&amp;cid=1291415756&amp;usg=AFQjCNFhC96YS_wB0X1-i828gwcmdX2aOg" target="_blank">British Columbia</a> &#8211;  to take part in this year&#8217;s celebrations, so she stopped by his statue on Parliament Hill instead. (If you squint at the second photo for long enough, you should be able to spot her gazing pensively upwards from the base of the statue, after being persuaded that it would be foolhardy to attempt the climb.)
Happy Sir John A. Day, everyone!

Happy birthday, Sir John A. Macdonald!

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