In the mid 1990s, the recently departed Allan J. MacEachen sat on the St. Francis Xavier University board of governors.
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MacPolitics I: Allan J Had A Plan For Rome To Control STFX
Sep 22, 2017 | Politics
MacPolitics VI: Scott Brison On Allan J’s Death
Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
Trudeau cabinet minister Scott Brison paid tribute to Allan J. MacEachen, during a speech to Halifax Port Days this past week:
“This week Canada and Nova Scotia lost a giant. Allan J. MacEachen.
MacPolitics IV: A Baddeck Baker Broke Bread With Allan J
Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
Back in 1985, the Halifax Herald’s then Ottawa bureau chief Don MacDonald wrote a weekly gossip column that was a must read.
One column in 1985 featured a blurb about how Allan J MacEachen would take his own special bread into Ottawa restaurants, including the Parliamentary dining room, and would ask the wait staff to toast it for him.
MacPolitics II: Allan J & The Art Of The Political Deal
Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
No politician, other than a prime minister, has ever come close in the postwar period to the power that Allan J. MacEachen dispensed.
MacPolitics V: Allan J The Globe-Trotter
Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
As Pierre Trudeau’s Foreign Affairs minister, Allan J. MacEachen globe-trotted around the world.
The son of an Inverness coal minister, was particularly fond of his travels throughout Scotland.
MacPolitics I: Lawyer John Young’s Memories Of Allan J
Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
Leading Halifax-Dartmouth corporate lawyer John Young served as a political aide to Allan J. MacEachen in the mid-1970s.
MacPolitics III: Moses Coady Remembers Allan J
Sep 15, 2017 | Politics
Tactician. Wily. Strategist. Laird of Lake Ainslie. Lord of Cape Breton. The Second coming of Christ.
Those words were often used from the 1960s to early 1980s by political journalists of the day to describe the political life of Allan J. MacEachen.
MacPolitics I: Why Brian Mulroney Likes Tim Hortons
Sep 8, 2017 | Politics
During a recent chat with Brian Mulroney, I made the faux pas of telling the former prime minister I was drinking my favourite A&W coffee.
Major mistake.
The 18th prime minister, who served from 1984 to 1992, said he personally prefers iconic Tim Hortons.
MacPolitics II: Will Scott Armstrong Run Again?
Sep 8, 2017 | Politics
Former Tory MP Scott Armstrong is now principal at a school in Debert.
I recently chatted with Armstrong, who represented Cumberland-Colchester before losing in the 2015 federal vote to Tory-turned-Liberal Bill Casey. Armstrong had served as a campaign manager for Casey in a previous campaign when he ran as a Conservative.
Who Invented Confederation Bridge?
Sep 8, 2017 | Politics
NS Strait of lost dreams.
Confederation Bridge, the fixed link to Prince Edward Island, turned 20-years-old on May 31.
Begun in 1993 and opened in 1997, the idea behind a bridge to the Island was conceived over after-dinner drinks by two Nova Scotia road giants, close business buddies.
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