Janet Ajzenstat is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at McMaster University. Paul Romney has been writing on Canadian history for thirty years. Ian Gentles is Professor of History at Glendon College, York University. William D. Gairdner is an author and independent scholar interested in Canadian history and politics.

'Canada's Founding Debates is a pretty wonderful book ... There is lots here for thoughtful Canadians to chew on.' - Christopher Moore, The Beaver 'The debates are exciting. Their quality is high. The passion of the speakers shines through ... If you need to be reminded that constitutions, institutions, and the ideas they embody are passionately debated because they shape the way a political community lives, then you should thank Ajzenstat and her colleagues for the immense labour they put into the magnificent project that produced Canada's Founding Debates.' - Alan Cairns, Canadian Journal of Political Science '[Canada's Founding Debates] should be in the library not just of every serious student of Canadian history, but of every serious citizen.' - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun 'The editors are to be commended for producing such a splendid book.' - Barry Cooper, National Post

• Part One: What They Said About LibertyConstitutional LibertyResponsible GovernmentParliamentary Government and the Upper HouseEquality of RepresentationPart Two: What They Said About OpportunityEconomic Prosperity and Individual AmbitionPart Three: What They Said About IdentityBritish or American?British or Canadian?What Is a Canadian?Part Four: What They About the New NationalityFederal UnionMinorities and Minority RightsPart Five: How to Make a ConstitutionConsulting the People in Constitution MakingDirect Democracy: Pro and ConAppendixesThe Quebec ResolutionsThe LegislatorsAfterword on BooksIndex

Janet Ajzenstat is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at McMaster University. Paul Romney has been writing on Canadian history for thirty years. Ian Gentles is Professor of History at Glendon College, York University. William D. Gairdner is an author and independent scholar interested in Canadian history and politics.

'Canada's Founding Debates is a pretty wonderful book ... There is lots here for thoughtful Canadians to chew on.' - Christopher Moore, The Beaver 'The debates are exciting. Their quality is high. The passion of the speakers shines through ... If you need to be reminded that constitutions, institutions, and the ideas they embody are passionately debated because they shape the way a political community lives, then you should thank Ajzenstat and her colleagues for the immense labour they put into the magnificent project that produced Canada's Founding Debates.' - Alan Cairns, Canadian Journal of Political Science '[Canada's Founding Debates] should be in the library not just of every serious student of Canadian history, but of every serious citizen.' - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun 'The editors are to be commended for producing such a splendid book.' - Barry Cooper, National Post

• Part One: What They Said About LibertyConstitutional LibertyResponsible GovernmentParliamentary Government and the Upper HouseEquality of RepresentationPart Two: What They Said About OpportunityEconomic Prosperity and Individual AmbitionPart Three: What They Said About IdentityBritish or American?British or Canadian?What Is a Canadian?Part Four: What They About the New NationalityFederal UnionMinorities and Minority RightsPart Five: How to Make a ConstitutionConsulting the People in Constitution MakingDirect Democracy: Pro and ConAppendixesThe Quebec ResolutionsThe LegislatorsAfterword on BooksIndex

Janet Ajzenstat is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at McMaster University. Paul Romney has been writing on Canadian history for thirty years. Ian Gentles is Professor of History at Glendon College, York University. William D. Gairdner is an author and independent scholar interested in Canadian history and politics.

'Canada's Founding Debates is a pretty wonderful book ... There is lots here for thoughtful Canadians to chew on.' - Christopher Moore, The Beaver 'The debates are exciting. Their quality is high. The passion of the speakers shines through ... If you need to be reminded that constitutions, institutions, and the ideas they embody are passionately debated because they shape the way a political community lives, then you should thank Ajzenstat and her colleagues for the immense labour they put into the magnificent project that produced Canada's Founding Debates.' - Alan Cairns, Canadian Journal of Political Science '[Canada's Founding Debates] should be in the library not just of every serious student of Canadian history, but of every serious citizen.' - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun 'The editors are to be commended for producing such a splendid book.' - Barry Cooper, National Post

• Part One: What They Said About LibertyConstitutional LibertyResponsible GovernmentParliamentary Government and the Upper HouseEquality of RepresentationPart Two: What They Said About OpportunityEconomic Prosperity and Individual AmbitionPart Three: What They Said About IdentityBritish or American?British or Canadian?What Is a Canadian?Part Four: What They About the New NationalityFederal UnionMinorities and Minority RightsPart Five: How to Make a ConstitutionConsulting the People in Constitution MakingDirect Democracy: Pro and ConAppendixesThe Quebec ResolutionsThe LegislatorsAfterword on BooksIndex