Michael Taube: A Week in Canadian Politics That Will Live in Infamy

The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously addressed a joint session of Congress the day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour during the Second World War. His opening line, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy,” is immediately recognizable.