OpinionViewpoints

Conrad Black: On July 1, Let’s Recognize Canada’s Past Achievements and Potential for Greatness

Save
Conrad Black: On July 1, Let’s Recognize Canada’s Past Achievements and Potential for Greatness
A statue of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Conrad Black
Updated:
0:00
Commentary

July 1 has come again and naturally raises thoughts, however cursorily, of what Canada has been in the 157 years since Confederation was launched on July 1 of 1867, as well as of what it might become.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
Author
Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.