Parliament: Theory vs Reality
Does Your Vote Count, History, Parliament, PoliticsDoes Parliament work the way it should? Why not? From Does Your Vote.
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Counting the Ice
Accountability, Budget, Government spending, History, It's Your GovernmentHost John Robson explores the office of Auditor General.
The Point of the Past
History, It's Your GovernmentAdd meaning to the present; get perspective on the future; all by looking way back. History Matters this week on IYG. RUN 0:42
Stirling Castle
History, It's Your GovernmentJohn Robson explains how seemingly remote historical events matter to us today. RUN 1:04
Margaret MacMillan
History, It's Your GovernmentAcademic and historian Margaret MacMillan shares her views on how to improve the understanding of Canadian history. RUN 1:48
Nazis in Winnipeg
History, It's Your GovernmentThe little known story of the day the Nazis invaded Winnipeg during World War Two in support of the Canadian war effort. RUN 2:32
IYP – New Issues
History, It's Your Government, It's Your Perspective, PoliticsJohn Robson looks back at how past Canadian politicians dealt with new issues in their time. RUN 2:10
Nellie McClung
History, It's Your GovernmentRachelle Bergen talks to historian Charlotte Gray and takes us back in time to the origins of the women’s movement in Canada.
Bannockburn
History, ParliamentJohn Robson explains why June 24 matters to nationalists… June 24, 1314, that is.
British, French and aboriginal
HistoryJohn Robson explains why one of our founding peoples was not English.