Alex Aragona speaks with Graeme Thompson about the classical liberal tradition in Canada, and what the evolution of that tradition has looked like.
References
- A collection of the speeches of Wilfred Laurier can be found in an edited edition by Arthur Milnes, available from Amazon here.
- Macdonald Laurier and the Election of 1891 by Christopher Pennington can be found from Penguin House here.
- Graeme Thompson’s piece “Whatever Happened to Laurier” can be found in the National Post here.
- Graeme mentions positive and negative liberty by Isaiah Berlin, which is discussed on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy here.
- The works of Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and J.S. Mill can be read for free through the Online Library of Liberty.