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The Envoy

Mark Carney has a plan

Bubble Weary in Trump's America

A dispatch from the early days of a divided nation

On Familiar Spirits

A senator warns against another witch hunt

Peter Milliken

Peter Milliken is a fellow of the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University; senior advisor at Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little and Bonham; and former speaker of the House of Commons of Canada.

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Peter Milliken

A Silver-Tongued Orator

Independent thinking and a quick wit marked Forsey as unique June 2012
Helen Forsey’s book about her father, Eugene, is a wonderful piece of writing. One would expect a biography from reading the title, Eugene Forsey: Canada’s Maverick Sage. But instead, after an introductory section that quickly condenses his jam-packed curriculum vitae, one reads chapters that describe various aspects of Forsey’s life, from his support for his family to his interests in several political parties and his passions for many policy initiatives that he made part of his political life…