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  • Collection: Peter Desbarats's Collection

The Central Issue is Respect for the Rule of Law

Kingston, Ontario

A select transcription of Desbarats's speech to the members of the Canadian Club in Kingston.

U.S. Example an Ominous Warning to Canadian Educators

Desbarats discusses the current trends in education teachings, found within journalism schools across North America - noting that possible risks associated with simply teaching the technical aspects of journalism, as opposed to providing a nurturing…

He'll Write Cowboy Songs But Won't Shake, Pardner

Interview with Pianist/Composer Glenn Gould

Minority Government's Life in Hazard Once Budget Presented to Commons

Discussions regarding the longevity of Trudeau's minority government, and its potential downfall following the future release of the budgetary report.

From Sea to Sea Canada Is United By Barrack-Like Airports

Montreal, Quebec

Commentary on the design of Canadian airports, with critical discussions on Winnipeg's "temporary airport terminals".

An Executive Ivory Tower

Exhibit review and interview with artist Colin Hawort's one man show, at the Agnes Lefort Gallery in 1961.

John Turner Has a Delicate Job

Montreal, Quebec

Discussion on the financial issues surrounding the '72 national elections, particularly focusing on the economic disparity found within British Colombia's upper and lower classes.

Greater Winnipeg Next Year Will Be First to Move Beyond Split-Level Government

Discussion regarding the merging of Winnipeg district municipalities into a single administration, and the benefits/consequences of such a merge.

Helping To Enlighten The "Two Solitudes"

Montreal, Quebec

Gason's favourable review on Peter Desbarats book “The State of Quebec: A Journalist’s View of the Quiet Revolution.” Gascon views the work as intelligent and “well documented”, as well as noting that Desbarats understanding of…

Canada Lost, Canada Found

A negative review on Desbarats's polemic book "Canada Lost, Canada Found". Sheppard describes Desbarats's work as taking a rather cold and bitter analystical mindset whilst probing at the collective conscientiousness of Canadians at first, before…