John Ralston Saul hits UWO

Award-winning essayist and novelist, John Ralston Saul will be speaking about his latest book "Fair Country:Telling Truths About Canada"

He argues that the famous “peace, order, and good government” that supposedly defines Canada is a distortion of the country’s true nature. Every single document before the BNA Act, he points out, used the phrase “peace, welfare, and good government,” demonstrating that the well-being of its citizenry was paramount. He also argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas: egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. Another obstacle to progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an increasingly ineffective elite, a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn’t believe in Canada.

I saw him spoke as a keynote at UofT for Ontario Campus Activist Assembly, and he rocked the house, don't miss this!

Tickets are available at the UWO bookstore, 30$ for the set of general admission and the signed book, and 5$ for just general admission

519-661-3520 x84573; Books Plus 519-661-4091 www.bookstore.uwo.ca