Monthly Archives: December 2020

Thomas D’Arcy McGee and the Vice-Royalty of Canada

Posted on 2020/12/27 by J.W.J. Bowden

The Dorchester Review has just published my piece detailing how Thomas D’Arcy McGee advocated between 1858 and 1864 establishing a new branch of the Royal House of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha in the Kingdom of Canada, with a separate line of … Continue reading →

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PROC Examines the Retroactive Prorogation Rationale After All

Posted on 2020/12/23 by J.W.J. Bowden

PROC decided to study the Retroactive Prorogation Rationale (Sessional Paper 8560-432-1261-01_e) in 2020 after all. Committees tend not to update the official transcripts (Evidence) until two weeks later, so I misinterpreted and missed some of these developments last month by … Continue reading →

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Thomas D’Arcy McGee on Literature as National Identity

Posted on 2020/12/01 by J.W.J. Bowden

The Dorchester Review will soon publish my piece on Thomas D’Arcy McGee and the Kingdom of Canada. In anticipation of that article, I would like to share with you the section that I had to cut early on in the … Continue reading →

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