Election Day in Canada

A Celebration of a Parliamentary Legacy Today, Canadians from coast to coast cast their votes, participating in a ritual of democracy that stretches back centuries. Election Day in Canada is not simply the choosing of governments; it is the latest chapter in a long and fascinating story — the evolution of a parliamentary system whose…

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The Hudson’s Bay Company

The Hudson’s Bay Company: The Fall of a Canadian Colossus and the Meaning of Its Legacy It began not as a company but as a proposition—an improbable vision hatched in the salons of Restoration England and the bitter snowfields of Rupert’s Land. In 1670, King Charles II granted a royal charter to a syndicate of…

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