Expenses for the Emergencies Act, the use of which a federal court ruled 'not justified,' included $17.5 million for a judicial inquiry, $400,000 for charter flights and $1.3 million for hotel rooms for out-of-town RCMP officers.
Ben Franklin’s 320th birthday is January, 17. He was born in 1706. This piece is excerpted from Stories of Faith and Courage from the Revolutionary War by Jane Hampton Cook. When the young businessman...