Word: ottawa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sunday night, however, the liner had found clear weather, and steamed full speed for port. Scheduled for Monday, the elaborate welcoming ceremonies at Quebec had to be set back two days. Unwilling to slight the French population in Quebec and Montreal, Dominion officials cut the two days off Ottawa's scheduled four-day celebration. If all then went well, this would bring Their Majesties exactly on schedule to Toronto and the Quintuplets...
...Britain's No. 1 Elder Statesman, Stanley Earl Baldwin, arrived in Ottawa, praised Franklin Roosevelt's message to the Dictators as "very courageous and very statesmanlike...
Last week 64-year-old Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who has often angered strong Imperialists by failing to come out wholeheartedly for war support for Britain, rose in the Ottawa House of Commons to read a speech on foreign policy. He droned along for 15 minutes...
With the royal visit of Their Britannic Majesties, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, only three months off, loyal Canadians could not let such treasonous talk go unnoticed. Authors, educators, businessmen hastened to disavow their mayor. French-Canadian members of the Dominion Parliament at Ottawa publicly disagreed with him. A raucous debate was expected. Minister of Labor William Tremblay of Quebec declared: "Mayor Houde missed his shot with the Communists and is now trying his luck with the Fascists, poor fellow." Noteworthy it was, however, that the Quebec Government of Premier Maurice Duplessis preferred not to enter the argument...
...advisors, knowing well the royal ardor on official jaunts, insisted on rest periods at Banff, Victoria and Jasper Park. Their Majesties will deftly escape ticklish social problems by living on their train most of the way, by holding no royal courts. They may, however, hold a garden party in Ottawa-the next best thing...