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Fun-loving guests could hardly resist slapping on top hats and mugging it up for the cameras alongside Sir John A. Macdonald, or, rather, a life-size cardboard cutout of Canada’s founding prime minister, at a special evening organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI.)
The highly ranked Ottawa-based national public think tank hosted a dinner at the Canadian Museum of History on Wednesday to celebrate the bicentennial of Macdonald’s birth in 1815. There was fancy cake for the occasion but also served up was pecan tart, a favourite dessert of Sir John’s.
More than 200 Parliamentarians, journalists, policy makers, entrepreneurs and other members of Ottawa’s political circles attended the evening. It featured an all-star panel discussion about Macdonald’s legacy to Canada and involved National Post political columnist Andrew Coyne, Citizen and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and award-winning author and historian Michael Bliss, with Ryerson professor Patrice Dutil as moderator. The crowd also heard brief remarks from British High Commissioner Howard Drake and Arthur Milnes, the City of Kingston’s Sir John A. Macdonald bicentennial ambassador.
Guests mugged it up for the cameras at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birthdate of Sir John A. Macdonald February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Over the cocktail hour, guests were invited to tour the museum’s 1867 Rebellion and Confederation exhibit. Come supper time, they seated themselves in the museum’s majestic Grand Hall.
2015 is a big year in Canadian history. The Magna Carta celebrates 800 years while our flag hits 50 and the 2nd Battle of Ypres turns a century old. As attention-worthy as these anniversaries are, none can overshadow in importance the contribution of Macdonald to Canada’s ascent, said MLI managing director Brian Lee Crowley.
“Those who think his legacy is a few statues around the country and a poor likeness on the $10 bill do not understand that the very warp and weft of this country are made up of threads drawn from this man’s strategic and tactical genius,” Crowley very eloquently told the room. “Out of the unpromising materials of thinly populated and mutually antagonistic British colonies, unloved by London, coveted by Washington, riven by racial and linguistic disputes, he distilled the ideas, the politics and the institutions that today place us at the forefront of the nations of the world.
“We are his legacy and he lives on in us.”
There was one more birthday celebrated that night, by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. It turns five this year.
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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The highly ranked Ottawa-based national public think tank hosted a dinner at the Canadian Museum of History on Wednesday to celebrate the bicentennial of Macdonald’s birth in 1815. There was fancy cake for the occasion but also served up was pecan tart, a favourite dessert of Sir John’s.
More than 200 Parliamentarians, journalists, policy makers, entrepreneurs and other members of Ottawa’s political circles attended the evening. It featured an all-star panel discussion about Macdonald’s legacy to Canada and involved National Post political columnist Andrew Coyne, Citizen and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and award-winning author and historian Michael Bliss, with Ryerson professor Patrice Dutil as moderator. The crowd also heard brief remarks from British High Commissioner Howard Drake and Arthur Milnes, the City of Kingston’s Sir John A. Macdonald bicentennial ambassador.
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Of course there was cake at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's 200th anniversary of the birthday of Sir John A. Macdonald, held Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History, directly across the river from Parliament Hill.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen 
From left, award-winning author and historian Michael Bliss at the Canadian Museum of History on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, with Shelley Crowley and Macdonald-Laurier Institute managing director Brian Lee Crowley for a dinner organized by the MLI to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birthdate.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) managing director Brian Lee Crowley with Conservative MP Peter Kent at event organized by the MLI on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir John A. Macdonald. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Brittany Trumper from IAMGold Corporation, Cheryl Robb from Syncrude, and Alexa Young from Teck Resources Ltd. at a Macdonald-Laurier Institute event held Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Public policy consultant Bob Plamondon with Elly Meister, director of government relations for Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, at a special event organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birthdate.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Maple Leaf Strategies public affairs expert Phil von Finckenstein with his daughter, Anna, and George Wamala, advisor of regulatory and government affairs for RBC, at a special event organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) managing director Brian Lee Crowley with Maclean's political editor Paul Wells and Richard Sanders, deputy chief of mission for the U.S. Embassy, at a special event organized by the MLI on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, lawyer Greg Kane with his wife, Adrian Burns, a director with Shaw Communications, and Hugh Winsor at a special event organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute at the Canadian Museum of History on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
British High Commissioner Howard Drake gave some brief remarks at a special dinner organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History in honour of the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birthdate.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Brian Lee Crowley, managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, addressed a crowd of about 230 at a special dinner organized by the MLI on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, in honour of the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birthdate.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Anne McGrath, national director of the New Democrat Party, with Gauri Sreenivasan at a special event hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birthdate of Sir John A. Macdonald.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, British High Commissioner Howard Drake and Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, took part in a special evening organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, in honour of the 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birthdate.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Mary de Toro, chair of the Ottawa branch of the Monarchist League of Canada, poses with a life-size cardboard cutout of Sir John A. Macdonald at a special dinner hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute at the Canadian Museum of History on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Guests, like journalist John Robson, were encouraged to Tweet selfies of themselves with a Sir John A Macdonald cutout on display at a special event organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Canadian Museum of History employees Geneviève Mercier and Tracy Campbell posed with props alongside a cutout of Sir John A. Macdonald at a special Macdonald-Laurier Institute dinner held at the museum on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, in honour of 200th birthdate of Canada's first prime minister.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Fiddler Matt Pepin, seen next to the Sir John A Macdonald cutout, performed at a special dinner hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Macdonald's birthdate.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Keith Robinson with his wife, Polytechnics Canada CEO Nobina Robinson, and Stephanie Muccilli posed with their props alongside a cutout of Sir John A. Macdonald at a dinner organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first prime minister's birth.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Guests mugged it up for the cameras at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birthdate of Sir John A. Macdonald February 18, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Over the cocktail hour, guests were invited to tour the museum’s 1867 Rebellion and Confederation exhibit. Come supper time, they seated themselves in the museum’s majestic Grand Hall.
2015 is a big year in Canadian history. The Magna Carta celebrates 800 years while our flag hits 50 and the 2nd Battle of Ypres turns a century old. As attention-worthy as these anniversaries are, none can overshadow in importance the contribution of Macdonald to Canada’s ascent, said MLI managing director Brian Lee Crowley.
“Those who think his legacy is a few statues around the country and a poor likeness on the $10 bill do not understand that the very warp and weft of this country are made up of threads drawn from this man’s strategic and tactical genius,” Crowley very eloquently told the room. “Out of the unpromising materials of thinly populated and mutually antagonistic British colonies, unloved by London, coveted by Washington, riven by racial and linguistic disputes, he distilled the ideas, the politics and the institutions that today place us at the forefront of the nations of the world.
“We are his legacy and he lives on in us.”
There was one more birthday celebrated that night, by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. It turns five this year.
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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