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2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio L166s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governorBut it was during the "Great Ministry" of 184851 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made bilingualism official, designed a network of public roads, began a public postal system, and reformed municipal governance. Faced with opposition, and even violence, the two men polar opposites in temperamentunited behind a set of principles and programs that formed modern Canada. Writing with verve and deep conviction, Saul restores these two extraordinary Canadians to rightful prominence.
![Extraordinary Canadians: John Ralston Saul on Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine & Robert Baldwin [DVD] (2011).](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Extraordinary Canadians: John Ralston Saul on Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine & Robert Baldwin [DVD] (2011).")
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2010., Penguin Canada Call No: 971.04 S256l Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians.Summary Note: Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governorBut it was during the "Great Ministry" of 184851 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made bilingualism official, designed a network of public roads, began a public postal system, and reformed municipal governance. Faced with opposition, and even violence, the two men polar opposites in temperamentunited behind a set of principles and programs that formed modern Canada. Writing with verve and deep conviction, Saul restores these two extraordinary Canadians to rightful prominence.
