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A HISTORY OF CANADIAN INVOLVEMENT IN LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL; ONE ACCOUNT:
By Lorna R. Marsden
Berlin 200th meeting of Liberal International Executive Committee Berlin, Germany June 22-24, 2018
The Deputy President of LI,(now president) Dr. Hakima el Haité of Morocco, poses with Gordon Dowsley and Art Eggleton after the unanimous vote for the proposed Canadian group to be admitted to Liberal International.
Former LI president Lord John Alderdice visits Canada to receive honorary degree.
He visited on June of 2017 to receive an honorary LLD from Queen’s University (Kingston Ontario) for his achievements in the peace process in Ireland, and his work with indigenous people in the Canadian arctic as well as his work in Liberal International. He is a President of Honour (past president) of LI and very active on all continents. On this trip he conversed with a wide range of people,in three cities, interested in Liberal International.
A smiling John Alderdice (third from left) after receiving his honourary degree in Kingston beside the Queen’s Principal Daniel Woolf (second from left). His nominators were Gordon Dowsley (left) and past Principal William Leggett (right)
While in Toronto a large group of people attended his talk at an event organized by CGLI at Massey College, convened by Lorna Marsden and chaired by Bill Graham. In Kingston he held three seminars, one for students and professors, one for the general public and one for professors in related fields. After receiving his degree he journeyed to Ottawa where he was well received at a parliamentary meeting assembled by Senator Art Eggleton.
Following is a link to an essay from the Washington Post, March 14, 2019 that is worth a read. It is titled ‘The Strongmen Strike Back’ and is written by Robert Kagan , a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who is also the author of a new book titled ‘The Jungle Grows Back’.It describes the issues and threats faced by liberals and liberal democracy.