Today in Canada’s Political History: Former PM Brian Mulroney pays tribute to Winston Churchill
Prime Minister was in England on this date in 2015. Brian Mulroney had the daunting task of paying tribute to Sir Winston Churchill during a speech at Blenheim Palace, the very place Churchill was born.
Churchill spoke to Canada’s Parliament on a more solemn occasion in the bleak days of December 1941. Despite the prevailing mood, he exuded confidence. Because the French General Weygand had told the last civilian Premier of the Third Republic that “in three weeks Britain will have her neck wrung like a chicken,” Churchill derisively retorted. “Some chicken … Some neck.” The gallery and the Parliament erupted in tumultuous applause ….Britain did not stand alone against Nazi Germany.
Canada was the primary location for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, the largest air force training program in history. More than 140,000 personnel, including 50,000 pilots, were trained, more than half of whom were Canadians. One out of six RAE Bomber Command groups flying in Europe was Canadian.
Responding to a toast in Canada in June, 1952, Churchill offered this tribute to Canada: “There is no more spacious and splendid domain open to the activity and genius of free men, with one hand clasping in enduring friendship the U.S., the other spread across the ocean to Britain and France.” Citizens have become jaded or cynical about the utility and the capacity of government. Notions of public service are waning as are many institutions intended to serve the national interest. Leadership is in short supply.
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