In this episode from 2021, Alex Aragona speaks with Graeme Thompson about the classical liberal tradition in Canada, and what the evolution of that tradition has looked like.
References from The Curious Task Episode 94 with Graeme Thompson
- A collection of the speeches of Wilfred Laurier can be found in an edited edition by Arthur Milnes, available from Amazon here.
- Macdonald Laurier and the Election of 1891 by Christopher Pennington can be found from Penguin House here.
- Graeme Thompson’s piece “Whatever Happened to Laurier” can be found in the National Post here.
- Graeme mentions positive and negative liberty by Isaiah Berlin, which is discussed on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy here.
- The works of Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and J.S. Mill can be read for free through the Online Library of Liberty.
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