Speeches

Autonomy and independence movements

• Trudeau.  Speech at the Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, May 14, 1980.
• Campbell.  Notes for an address at the Progressive Conservative Brunch, Montreal, August 22, 1993.
• Chrétien.  Address to the nation, October 25, 1995.

Canada -- Politics and government -- 1867-1896

• Mackenzie.  Reform government in the Dominion, 1877.
• Abbott.  Speech before the Senate, June 17, 1891.

Canadian Pacific Railway

• Macdonald.  Speech before the House of Commons, January 17, 1881.
• Abbott.  Speech before the Senate, March 1, 1892.

Civil rights

• Diefenbaker.  Address to the Canadian Club of Ottawa, November 24, 1960.

Cold War

• St. Laurent.  Consequences of the Cold War for Canada, March 27, 1950.

Commonwealth

• Meighen.  Speech before the House of Commons, April 27, 1921.
• Diefenbaker.  Address on what the Commonwealth represents, March 30, 1962.

Communism

• St. Laurent.  The preservation of civilization: address delivered at the autumn convocation of the University of Toronto, October 27, 1950.

Constitution

• Mulroney.  Report on the First Ministers' Meeting at Meech Lake, May 1, 1987. [Audio excerpt available]
• Trudeau.  Remarks at the Proclamation Ceremony, April 17, 1982.

Discrimination

• Diefenbaker.  Notes for a dinner speech at Temple Emmanuel, Montreal, February 14, 1962.

Education

• Campbell.  Address to the Confederation Club of Kitchener, Ont,, August 16, 1993. [Audio excerpt available]

Elections

• Macdonald.  The Dominion campaign!: Sir John Macdonald on the questions at issue before the people: the Premier's great speech before the workingmen of Toronto, May 30, 1881.
• Meighen.  Speech before the House of Commons, February 15, 1921.
• Meighen.  The great issue to be resolved: the time has come to render a clear verdict: September 30, 1921.
• St-Laurent.  Speech at the opening of the general election campaign, May 9, 1949.
• Clark.  Declaration, December 13, 1979.
• Turner.  News conference to call an election, July 9, 1984. [Audio excerpt available]
• Campbell.  Notes for a statement, Ottawa, September 8, 1993.

Eulogies

• Clark.  Text of the eulogy delivered at the burial of the Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Saskatoon, August 22, 1979.
• Chrétien.  Tribute to the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau, House of Commons, September 29, 2000.

Expo 67

• Pearson.  Remarks at the opening of Expo '67, Montreal, April 27, 1967.

Finance, Public

• Bowell.  Speech before the Senate, August 26, 1896.
• Bennett.  Speech before the House of Commons, June 19, 1935.
• Clark.  Speech to the Burlington Chamber of Commerce, December 13, 1979.
• Clark.  Notes for a speech before the Vancouver Canadian Club, August 31, 1979.

Flags

• Pearson.  Address on the inauguration of the national flag of Canada, February 15, 1965.

French language

• Pearson.  Speech to the Congress of the Association des hebdomadaires de langue française du Canada, August 17, 1963.
• Chrétien.  Notes for a Speech, Opening Ceremony of the Francophonie Summit, Cotonou, Benin, December 2, 1995.

Great Britain -- Colonies

• Bowell.  Proceedings of the Colonial Conference, June 28-July 9, 1894.

Insurance, Unemployment

• Bennett.   The premier speaks to the people, January 2, 1935.
• Bennett.  Speech before the House of Commons, January 29, 1935.

International trade

• Mackenzie.  Speech given in Dundee, Scotland, July 13, 1875.
• Diefenbaker.  Address on the nation's business, June 30, 1960.
• Mulroney.  Notes for a speech to the Economic Club of New York, December 10, 1984.
• Chrétien.  Speech at a Forum on the Global Economy, June 14, 1995.

Land mines

• Chrétien.  Speech at the Treaty-Signing Conference for the Global Ban on Anti-Personnel Landmines, Ottawa, December 3, 1997.

Manitoba School Question

• Thompson.  Speech before the House of Commons, June 28, 1892.
• Thompson.  Speech before the House of Commons, March 6, 1893.
• Bowell.  Speech before the Senate, July 11, 1895.
• Tupper.  Speech before the House of Commons, April 14, 1896.
• Tupper.  Speech before the House of Commons, March 3, 1896.

Military policy

• Laurier.  Speech before the House of Commons, March 13, 1900.
• Laurier.  Speech before the House of Commons, November 29, 1910.
• Borden.  Speech before the House of Commons, December 5, 1912.

Nationalism

• Pearson.  Address to the Empire Club at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, October 15, 1964.
• Campbell.  Notes for an address, Signal Hill, Newfoundland, July 1, 1993.
• Campbell.  Notes for an address in Vancouver, July 1, 1993.

Native people

• Mulroney.  Opening statement at the First Ministers' Conference on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples, April 2  -  3, 1985

Natural resources

• Borden.  Speech at the Directors' Luncheon, Central Canada Exhibition, Ottawa, September 9, 1918.

New Brunswick School Act

• Mackenzie.  Speech before the House of Commons, March 10, 1875.

Newfoundland

• St-Laurent.  Address on the entry of Newfoundland into Confederation, April 1, 1949.

October Crisis, 1970

• Trudeau.  Notes for a national broadcast, October 16, 1970.

Official Languages Act

• Trudeau.  Statement on the introduction of the Official Languages Bill, October 17, 1968.

Reciprocity

• Laurier.  Speech before the House of Commons, March 7, 1911.

Riel Rebellion, 1885

• Macdonald.  Speech before the House of Commons, July 6, 1885.

World War, 1914-1918

• Borden.  Speech before the Canadian Club of Halifax, December 18, 1914.
• Borden.  Speech before the Canadian Club at Winnipeg, December 29, 1914.
• Borden.  Appeal for national service, October 23, 1916.
• Borden.  Speech before the House of Commons, May 18, 1917.

World War, 1939-1945

• King.  Address on the national security plebiscite, April 7, 1942.
• King.  Canada and the war: manpower and a total war effort: national selective service broadcast, August 19, 1942.
• King.  Canada and the war: temperance and a total war effort, national selective service broadcast, December 16, 1942.