Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson began his broadcasting career in 1943. As creative director of the Historica Foundation, he developed The Heritage Minutes. He has published 14 books, including four novels. His newest book is a series of sketches of history and historical figures, in comic verse, entitled Finn’s Thin Book of Irish Ironies, illustrated by Aislin and published on St. Patrick’s Day 2010 by McArthur and Company.
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Patrick Watson
Shortly after the end of the First World War, when an Alberta magistrate named Emily Murphy was nominated to the Senate of Canada, her appointment was turned down. Senators had to be “persons” having certain qualities and, according to the Canadian Constitution, as a woman she was not legally a person. Murphy challenged the decision but the Supreme Court upheld it: our…